Berkshire East Ski Resort

Farmstead Trail–The Gronk, 3 sights

6.8 mi · ▲ 1,286 ft · 2 hr 55 min

Farmstead Trail–The Gronk, 3 sights is a 6.8-mile out-and-back in Berkshire East Ski Resort near Dodge Corner, MA. It climbs 1,286 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade. It scores 45/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi568 – 1,644 ft · steepest grade: 22%7.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.60290, -72.84891
Nearest town Dodge Corner, MA

Directions

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Farmstead Trail–The Gronk, 3 sights

6.8 mi · ▲ 1,286 ft · 2 hr 55 min

Elevation 569–1,645 ft

Out & Back · Berkshire East Ski Resort

Trailhead: 42.60290, -72.84891

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:37 AM · sunset 6:54 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 350 ftBear right, heading NW.
  3. 1 miBear right onto E. Stranged Moose, heading W.
  4. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  5. 450 ftTurn right, heading W.
  6. 50 ftContinue straight onto Farmstead Trail, heading SE.
  7. 0.1 miBear right onto Pond Road, heading S.
  8. 0.3 miTurn left onto Sugar Run, heading N.
  9. 0.1 miTurn left onto Blue Pulaski, heading NW.
  10. 0.3 miTurn left onto Trillium, heading NW.
  11. 50 ftContinue straight onto The Gronk, heading NW.
  12. 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
  13. 150 ftBear right onto Sugar Run, heading SW.
  14. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Hawks Brook Trial, heading SW.
  15. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Wilderness Brook Trail, heading N.
  16. 0.3 miBear left, heading SW.
  17. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  18. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
  19. 0.3 miReach Farmstead Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  20. 0.6 miBear left, heading S.
  21. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Hawks Brook Trial, heading W.
  22. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Sugar Run, heading E.
  23. 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
  24. 150 ftBear right onto The Gronk, heading NE.
  25. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Trillium, heading S.
  26. 50 ftTurn right onto Back of the Shack, heading S.
  27. 0.3 miTurn right onto Sugar Run, heading E.
  28. 0.1 miTurn right onto Pond Road, heading NE.
  29. 0.3 miBear left onto Farmstead Trail, heading NE.
  30. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  31. 450 ftTurn right onto E. Stranged Moose, heading S.
  32. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  33. 1 miBear left, heading SE.
  34. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

18% dirt82% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:37 AMSunset 6:54 PM

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