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Berkshire East Ski Resort

MST & Too Easy via Sugar Run

4.4 mi · ▲ 1,277 ft · 2 hr 6 min

MST & Too Easy via Sugar Run is a 4.4-mile out-and-back in Berkshire East Ski Resort near Charlemont, MA. It climbs 1,277 ft, with sections as steep as 36% grade. It scores 56/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi591 – 1,650 ft · steepest grade: 36%4.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Too Easy 42.62214, -72.87796
Nearest town Charlemont, MA
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MST & Too Easy via Sugar Run

4.4 mi · ▲ 1,277 ft · 2 hr 6 min

Elevation 590–1,650 ft

Out & Back · Berkshire East Ski Resort

Trailhead: Too Easy · 42.62214, -72.87796

Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 79°F / low 62° · precip 0% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 5:47 AM · sunset 8:10 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Too Easy, heading SE.
  2. 0.6 miTurn right onto Sleeping Jake's, heading SW.
  3. 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
  4. 400 ftSharp left, heading E.
  5. 50 ftBear right onto Blue Pulaski, heading E.
  6. 300 ftTurn right onto Sugar Run, heading E.
  7. 0.1 miTurn right onto Pond Road, heading E.
  8. 0.3 miSharp right onto Farmstead Trail, heading NE.
  9. 450 ftBear right, heading S.
  10. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  11. 0.3 miContinue straight onto East Road, heading S.
  12. 300 ftContinue straight onto MST, heading S.
  13. 150 ftContinue straight onto East Road, heading S.
  14. 0.5 miReach Too Easy, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  15. 0.5 miContinue straight onto MST, heading N.
  16. 100 ftContinue straight onto East Road, heading N.
  17. 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
  18. 100 ftBear left onto Farmstead Trail, heading N.
  19. 400 ftSharp left onto Pond Road, heading NE.
  20. 0.3 miTurn left onto Sugar Run, heading N.
  21. 0.1 miTurn left onto Blue Pulaski, heading NW.
  22. 300 ftBear left, heading N.
  23. 50 ftSharp right, heading N.
  24. 350 ftBear right onto Sleeping Jake's, heading N.
  25. 0.1 miTurn left onto Too Easy, heading NE.
  26. 0.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/mst-too-easy-out-back

Trail surface

37% dirt63% unspecified

Weather

OvercastTemperature 79°F62°
Precip0%Wind7 mphUV7Humidity81%
Rained 0.7″ yesterday (3″ over the last week) · trails may be muddy
Hourly temperature
80°60°
Sunrise 5:47 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:10 PM
Wed 82°63°
Thu 89°68° 60%
Fri 89°71° 48%
Sat 86°70° 44%
Sun 90°68°
Mon 89°70° 23%

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.6 mi in (~39 min). Leave by 7:11 PM for the 8:10 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:40 PM — 1 min before dark.

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