The Slab–Buoux Buttress, 6 sights
8.6 mi · ▲ 1,051 ft · 3 hr 24 min
The Slab–Buoux Buttress, 6 sights is an 8.6-mile out-and-back in Erving State Forest near Sky Farm, MA. The route passes Tooleybush Turnpike Sunset Point and Buoux Buttress before reaching The Slab at the turnaround, 4.3 miles in. It climbs 1,051 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 41/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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The Slab–Buoux Buttress, 6 sights
8.6 mi · ▲ 1,051 ft · 3 hr 24 min
Elevation 798–1,139 ft
Out & Back · Erving State Forest
Trailhead: connector · 42.62703, -72.41759
Weather Aug 4: Mostly clear, high 78°F / low 62° · precip 0% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 5:45 AM · sunset 8:08 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on NET/M&M Trail, heading S.
- 2.9 miTurn left onto Orange/White Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Orange Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Yellow Trail, heading SW.
- 150 ftBear left onto Blue Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto 10th Mountain Division, heading NW.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Hill N Dale, heading N.
- 50 ftPass Tooleybush Turnpike Sunset Point.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Rose Ledge Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miPass Buoux Buttress.
- 50 ftReach The Slab, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Hill N Dale, heading NE.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto 10th Mountain Division, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Blue Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Yellow Trail, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Orange Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto Orange/White Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto NET/M&M Trail, heading N.
- 2.9 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:48 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 8:08 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:39 PM.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- NET/M&M Trail 4.1 mi · ▲ 459 ft
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- Blue Trail–Gold Dot, 7 sights 8 mi · ▲ 1,277 ft
- Northfield Mountain Reservoir–Tooleybush Turnpike Sunset Point, 5 sights 8.8 mi · ▲ 1,080 ft
- Northfield Mountain Recreation and Environmental Center Sunset Point–Blue Trail, 3 sights 9 mi · ▲ 1,259 ft
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