Berkshire East Ski Resort

Sugar Run & The Gronk

4.8 mi · ▲ 1,088 ft · 2 hr 9 min

Sugar Run & The Gronk is a 4.8-mile out-and-back in Berkshire East Ski Resort near Dodge Corner, MA. It climbs 1,088 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade. It scores 58/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi843 – 1,644 ft · steepest grade: 21%5.4 mi

Getting there

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

Directions

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Sugar Run & The Gronk

4.8 mi · ▲ 1,088 ft · 2 hr 9 min

Elevation 844–1,645 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. 400 ftSharp right, heading N.
  6. 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
  7. 450 ftBear right onto Sugar Run, heading SW.
  8. 150 ftTurn left onto Blue Pulaski, heading W.
  9. 400 ftBear left, heading W.
  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 S.
  14. 350 ftContinue straight onto Hawks Brook Trial, heading SW.
  15. 50 ftContinue straight onto Sugar Run, heading W.
  16. 100 ftContinue straight onto Hawks Brook Trial, heading SW.
  17. 0.2 miSharp right, heading NW.
  18. 50 ftReach Sugar Run, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  19. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Sugar Run, heading NW.
  20. 100 ftContinue straight onto Hawks Brook Trial, heading W.
  21. 100 ftContinue straight onto Sugar Run, heading W.
  22. 350 ftBear left, heading S.
  23. 150 ftBear right onto The Gronk, heading S.
  24. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Trillium, heading S.
  25. 50 ftTurn right onto Back of the Shack, heading S.
  26. 0.3 miBear right onto Blue Pulaski, heading NE.
  27. 400 ftTurn right onto Sugar Run, heading NE.
  28. 100 ftBear left, heading NE.
  29. 450 ftBear right, heading SE.
  30. 0.2 miSharp left, heading E.
  31. 400 ftTurn right onto E. Stranged Moose, heading SE.
  32. 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
  33. 1 miBear left, heading E.
  34. 200 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

21% dirt79% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:37 AMSunset 6:54 PM

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