Sugar Run–The Gronk, 3 sights
6.7 mi · ▲ 1,346 ft · 2 hr 54 min
Sugar Run–The Gronk, 3 sights is a 6.7-mile out-and-back in Berkshire East Ski Resort near Dodge Corner, MA. It climbs 1,346 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade. It scores 43/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Sugar Run–The Gronk, 3 sights
6.7 mi · ▲ 1,346 ft · 2 hr 54 min
Elevation 569–1,645 ft
Out & Back · Berkshire East Ski Resort
Trailhead: 42.60290, -72.84891
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:47 AM · sunset 8:10 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 miContinue straight onto Wilderness Brook Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.3 miReach Sugar Run, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 100 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Hawks Brook Trial, heading SW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Sugar Run, heading SE.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Hawks Brook Trial, heading SE.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Sugar Run, heading NE.
- 350 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear right onto The Gronk, heading NE.
- 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 E.
- 400 ftTurn right onto Sugar Run, heading E.
- 100 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 450 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 400 ftTurn right onto E. Stranged Moose, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 1 miBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.3 mi in (~13 min). Leave by 7:36 PM for the 8:10 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:31 PM — 10 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
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