Mount Institute–Billy Badger, 8 sights
3.8 mi · ▲ 1,735 ft · 2 hr 8 min
Mount Institute–Billy Badger, 8 sights is a 3.8-mile out-and-back in Berkshire East Ski Resort near Charlemont, MA. The route reaches Mount Institute. It climbs 1,735 ft, with sections as steep as 38% grade. It scores 21/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi591 – 1,519 ft · steepest grade: 38%4.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Too Easy 42.62214, -72.87796
Nearest town Charlemont, MA
Directions
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Mount Institute–Billy Badger, 8 sights
3.8 mi · ▲ 1,735 ft · 2 hr 8 min
Elevation 590–1,519 ft
Out & Back · Berkshire East Ski Resort
Trailhead: Too Easy · 42.62214, -72.87796
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:37 AM · sunset 6:54 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Too Easy, heading SE.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Sleeping Jake's, heading SW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Thunder Cliffs, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Back of the Shack, heading NW.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Sleeping Jake's, heading NW.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Trillium, heading N.
- 350 ftBear right onto Billy Badger, heading W.
- 0.6 miBear left onto Trillium, heading NE.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Sugar Run, heading NE.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto The Gronk, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Sugar Run, heading S.
- 450 ftBear left onto Hawks Brook Trial, heading S.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Sugar Run, heading SE.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Hawks Brook Trial, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Sugar Run, heading E.
- 350 ftBear left, heading S.
- 200 ftBear right onto The Gronk, heading SE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Trillium, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Back of the Shack, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Blue Pulaski, heading S.
- 0.2 miPass Mount Institute.
- 150 ftSharp right onto Sleeping Jake's, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left onto The Schist, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Too Easy, heading NW.
- 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
35% dirt65% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:37 AMSunset 6:54 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from Too Easy Trailhead
- Sugar Run–The Gronk, 3 sights 3 mi · ▲ 478 ft
- East Road–MST, 3 sights 5.9 mi · ▲ 1,419 ft
- MST & Too Easy via Sugar Run 4.4 mi · ▲ 1,277 ft
- Sleeping Jake's–The Gronk, 4 sights 4.7 mi · ▲ 1,728 ft
- East Road–Sleeping Jake's, 4 sights 2.8 mi · ▲ 1,291 ft
- Farmstead Trail–The Schist, 3 sights 2.7 mi · ▲ 1,006 ft
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