Sleeping Jake's–The Gronk, 4 sights
4.7 mi · ▲ 1,728 ft · 2 hr 26 min
Sleeping Jake's–The Gronk, 4 sights is a 4.7-mile out-and-back in Berkshire East Ski Resort near Charlemont, MA. It climbs 1,728 ft, with sections as steep as 40% grade. It scores 15/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi568 – 1,457 ft · steepest grade: 40%5.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Too Easy 42.62214, -72.87796
Nearest town Charlemont, MA
Directions
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Sleeping Jake's–The Gronk, 4 sights
4.7 mi · ▲ 1,728 ft · 2 hr 26 min
Elevation 569–1,455 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 W.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Trillium, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto The Gronk, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
- 150 ftBear right onto Sugar Run, heading SW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Hawks Brook Trial, heading W.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Wilderness Brook Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miReach Too Easy, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Hawks Brook Trial, heading SW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Sugar Run, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
- 200 ftBear right onto The Gronk, heading S.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Trillium, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Back of the Shack, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Thunder Cliffs, heading S.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Sleeping Jake's, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Too Easy, heading NE.
- 0.6 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
18% dirt82% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:37 AMSunset 6:54 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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