Billy Badger–Sugar Run, 4 sights
2 mi · ▲ 671 ft · 1 hr
Billy Badger–Sugar Run, 4 sights is a 2-mile out-and-back in Berkshire East Ski Resort near Charlemont, MA. It climbs 671 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade. It scores 22/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi620 – 1,188 ft · steepest grade: 25%2.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: East Road 42.61015, -72.87531
Nearest town Charlemont, MA
Directions
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Billy Badger–Sugar Run, 4 sights
2 mi · ▲ 671 ft · 1 hr
Elevation 620–1,189 ft
Out & Back · Berkshire East Ski Resort
Trailhead: East Road · 42.61015, -72.87531
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:37 AM · sunset 6:54 PM
- Start on Hawks Brook Trial, heading W.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Sugar Run, heading E.
- 100 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 200 ftBear right onto The Gronk, heading NE.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 100 ftBear right onto Billy Badger, heading N.
- 0.6 miBear left onto Trillium, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto The Gronk, heading NE.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Sugar Run, heading NE.
- 100 ftReach Billy Badger, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto The Gronk, heading N.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Trillium, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right onto Billy Badger, heading N.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto The Gronk, heading SE.
- 350 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 150 ftBear right onto Sugar Run, heading S.
- 150 ftSharp left, heading W.
- 400 ftContinue straight onto Hawks Brook Trial, heading SW.
- 400 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
13% dirt87% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:37 AMSunset 6:54 PM
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