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
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 350 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 1 miBear right onto E. Stranged Moose, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 400 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
- 450 ftBear right onto Sugar Run, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Blue Pulaski, heading W.
- 400 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Trillium, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto The Gronk, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
- 150 ftBear right onto Sugar Run, heading S.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Hawks Brook Trial, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Sugar Run, heading W.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Hawks Brook Trial, heading SW.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 50 ftReach Sugar Run, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Sugar Run, heading NW.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Hawks Brook Trial, heading W.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Sugar Run, heading W.
- 350 ftBear left, heading S.
- 150 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.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Blue Pulaski, heading NE.
- 400 ftTurn right onto Sugar Run, heading NE.
- 100 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 450 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading E.
- 400 ftTurn right onto E. Stranged Moose, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 1 miBear left, heading E.
- 200 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
21% dirt79% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:37 AMSunset 6:54 PM
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