Mt. Greylock

[Mike P.]

Date(s) Hiked: 6-6-2007

Trails(s) Hiked: Old Adams Road, Cheshire Harbor, Road walk & AT

Total Distance: approx. 6.4 miles RT

Difficulty: The lighter side of Moderate, a lot opf old road & closed road walking, climbs a little over 1900 feet.

Conditions: Some water on the trail, mostly on Cheshire Harbor but not bad, a cold day for June, with windchill I would guess in upper 30's

Special Required Equipment:an extra layer & if you were spending time up top, maybe some glove liners.

Trip Report: It's been almost six years since my last trip, I was curious if the trailhead had been impacted at all due to proposed development. It's still the same but looking down from the summit road, it looks like they have begun some digging a couple of miles north & east, closer to Ragged Mt. (it could be a sand & gravel place too)

Still my preferred choice of trails going up.

 

[threecy]

Did it seem like there were less people around with the roads closed?

 

[Mike P.]

It was a Wednesday afternoon but...

On way up I saw two couples both in sweatshirts & jeans. I was in hiking shorts & a cotton T-shirt sweating as usual. (had a fleece shirt & G-Tex coat)

One of the couples were from VT. Upon getting to the road (which I walked up as far as the AT on the north side as it heads Southbound to the summit - some nice views along the road, some of the best looking straight down IMO) I saw lots of surveying tape & markings in the road.

The summit tower was closed & Bascom is all boarded up. Saw two guys on summit taking pictures. When I got back, one car in lot, from TN, guys on top could have been highpointers, taking more pictures than local guys would have taken of each other. & the summit area.

 

[threecy]

Sounds good...I find Greylock much more enjoyable when its relatively deserted - it's a neat summit area when it's empty.