Stockbridge - Great Barrington area hike suggestions

[the starchild]

helllo all,

i am posting this for a friend coming up from the rotten apple (i say that as a term of endearment). Any suggestions would be great as i do not know that area very well.

Thank you very much.

Do you know any good hikes in the
Stockbridge - Great Barrington area of the Berkshires. I am heading up
there for the weekend, and I have a couple of mellow hikers who don't want
to go on any death march. Something easy with views would be great.

Any help you can offer would be greatly appreciated.

 

[slowandsteady]

try this

Hi Starchild, there was a thread on this earlier - here is the link.

http://www.vftt.org/forums/showthread.php?t=12680&highlight=great+barrington

and here's a recent trip report

http://www.vftt.org/forums/showthread.php?t=14271

 

[the starchild]

thank you, i didn't search as i am at work and trying to leave early to climb

hope everyone is gonna enjoy the sunshine!

 

[marty]

Starchild - I am doing Monument Mt. tomorrow. PM me tonight if you are interested!

Marty

 

[ken]

Do you know any good hikes in the
Stockbridge - Great Barrington area of the Berkshires.

taconic state park (10-15 miles south) has a lot of trails - bish bash state park is part of that park (covers 3 states)...

http://www.trails.com/tcatalog_trail.asp?trailid=HGN065-030

http://www.nynjtc.org/pubs/maps/taconics/index.html

http://www.lastgreatplaces.org/berkshire/explore/art6395.html

here is an advertisement with the MA portion of the trails http://www.nynjtc.org/pubs/maps/taconics/index.html

 

[bcskier]

Monument Mt.

Here's a link with a downloadable pdf map:

Monument Mt.

 

[jjo]

helllo all,

i am posting this for a friend coming up from the rotten apple (i say that as a term of endearment). Any suggestions would be great as i do not know that area very well.

Thank you very much.

Do you know any good hikes in the
Stockbridge - Great Barrington area of the Berkshires. I am heading up
there for the weekend, and I have a couple of mellow hikers who don't want
to go on any death march. Something easy with views would be great.

Any help you can offer would be greatly appreciated.

Getting in on this a little late BUT Monument Mt (Sq Peak) is a great short hike and about 10 minutes from Stockbridge and Just N of Gr Barrington. Lots of reward for little effort. See my thread. Also, Bish Bash and Mt Washington area in SW corner of Mass offer more hikes. Area bookstores have maps/guidebooks. Enjoy!! Great area ....