MA Appalachian Trail (MA)

Massachusetts, US

Distance

90 mi

Vertical Gain

20,000 ft

The Appalachian Trail travels 90 miles in Massachusetts as the trail winds through the Berkshires. The trail passes over the highest point in the state at Mount Greylock with an elevation of 3491 feet. The trail travels over hills, valleys and through towns and hamlets of the Berkshires. The AT passes through the towns of Dalton and Cheshire.

You'll find a number of memorable places along the Appalachian Trail in Massachusetts including Sages Ravine, Race Mountain, Mount Everett, Jug End, Housatonic River, East Mountain, Benedict Pond, The Ledges, Upper Goose Pond, Beckett Mountain, Finerty Pond, Bald Top, Warner Mountain, Gore Pond, The Cobbles, Saddle Ball Mountain, Mount Greylock and Eph's Lookout. You'll find blueberries in season near Becket.

GPS Track

MA-AT.gpx1.57 MB

FKTs

Standard route

Male

Unsupported
Dan Grip	23h 29m 37s	2022-05-18
Corin Kwasnik	1d 1h 30m 24s	2021-06-19
Dan Grip	1d 2h 16m 19s	2020-11-09
Wayne Chan	1d 9h 51m 10s	2020-10-11

Supported
Boone Marois			1d 11h 42m 0s	2020-09-06

Self-supported
Derek Brinkmann, Tiago Luchini			2d 5h 1m 0s	2018-07-15

Female

Supported
Morgan Windram-Geddes			1d 5h 54m 10s	2020-09-20

Unsupported
Debbie McElwaine			2d 13h 34m 9s	2022-11-07

Mixed-gender team

Self-supported
Jeannine Pecoraro, Jojo Martin			2d 10h 27m 27s	2024-08-25

Comments

Myself, Stephen Mirizio and Nick Mirizio will be going unsupported on the MA section of the AT this weekend.

https://share.garmin.com/StephenMessur

Due to schedule changes, this has been postponed! Coming soon! ;)

I am consider an attempt this summer. Do I need to replicate the route Derek and Tiago documented in their strava post, including the short hike up from Williamstown to the start of the Long Trail and the short hike out of Sage's Ravine onto Mt. Washington Rd? Or, can I start my watch at the border?

On the CT section of the AT, and I’d assume on most sections, what counts is your time from border crossing to border crossing. So you could start the watch at those big Vermont signs and end it at the CT/MA border, which is strangely a bit further south than the Sages Ravine Brook crossing where the “CT:MA” sign is. I hope this helps. I’m lookin’ at this one, too.

did you go ahead with your plan this summer?? I'm going to do it in two weeks..

Not yet, but planning for solo unsupported attempt in a week. Maybe I’ll see you out there.

I'm going to do this route in two weeks time. I'm going for the FKT female supported... GETTING EXCITED!

My wife (Caitlin Howes and I- Jesse Howes) will be running SoBo this weekend starting June 5th at the MA/VT border and running south to Sages Ravine at the CT / MA state line. We will be attempting to set FKT for this section as a mixed gender team. We will be running unsupported and looking to complete this epic journey in 30 hours or less. We will provide garmin data and pictures of our journey when completed!

I will be attempting the FKT for male supported this weekend.

This will be from the VT border to the CT border. Starting Saturday morning @ 6a.m.

Caitlin Howes and I (Jesse Howes) will be taking a second attempt tomorrow . SOBO starting at 6 am - mixed Gender supported attempt. Looking forward to the adventure and enjoying the journey- will report back Sunday after completion.

Done ! 32 hours 18 min 45 seconds from VT/MA border to the Sages Ravine crossing at CT/MA border. Will submit data and write soon.

Route: MA Appalachian Trail (MA)

FKTs

Comments