Home States Connecticut Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire New York Vermont View All Lists Belknap Range NE 4,000 Footers NH 4,000 Footers Ossipee 10 Explanation of Ratings Links Search Trip Log About	Mt. Greylock Ragged Mountain Adams, MA Trailheads, measurements, times, distances, and maps are all approximate and relative to the hike(s) as shown below. Thunderbolt trail to Mt. Greylock summit Having never hiked Mt. Greylock, I had been planning on doing a direct ascent for a few weeks when I finally decided to go for it on a sunny July day. Though the hike started out sunny, the clouds quickly moved in, making for limited views upon arriving at the summit. The hike itself, up the Thunderbolt, was extremely challenging - very steep and in some places rather poor footing. Not wanting to have to descend down this thing, I took the Bellows Pipe trail and then meandered around the remnants of the abandoned alpine ski area near the base of the trails, as the rain moved in. Hike Ratings Getting To Trailhead: Easy Destination: Mt. Greylock Length: Moderate Steepness: Very Difficult Navigation: Easy Views: Excellent Crowds: Moderate to Heavy Destination: Ragged Mountain Length: Difficult Steepness: Difficult Navigation: Difficult Views: Moderate Crowds: Minimal Hike Stats Date Hiked: Sunday, July 30, 2006 Hike Commenced: 10:45 AM Parking Elevation: 1,186' Destination: Mt. Greylock Ascent Commenced: 10:49 AM at Thunderbolt Foot Trail trailhead Summit Reached: 12:05 PM Time Elapsed: 01:16 Trailhead Elevation: 1,215' Summit Elevation: 3,491' Vertical Gain: 2,276' Destination: Ragged Mountain Ascent Commenced: 12:43 PM Summit Reached: 1:45 PM Time Elapsed: 01:02 Trailhead Elevation: 3,491' Summit Elevation: 2,517' Vertical Gain: 329' Hike Ended: 3:48 PM Hike Time Elapsed: 05:03 Hike Vertical Gain: 3,023' Thunderbolt Foot Trail trailhead (to Mt. Greylock Summit) Mt. Greylock summit (looking east-southeast) Narrow Ragged Mountain trail South side of Ragged Mountain (looking southwest) Directions to trailhead: Thiel Road is west of Adams. Back to Mt. Greylock Profile Back to Ragged Mountain Profile
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