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The Upper Goose Pond Cabin, located off the Appalachian Trail, will be open for hikers starting Saturday, May 17.

The Deerfield River Watershed Association (DRWA) has taken responsibility for the Mahican-Mohawk Trail and is looking to the AMC for help making improvements.

AMC-Berkshire’s Appalachian Trail Committee manages the maintenance, management, and protection of the almost 90 miles of Appalachian Trail within Massachusetts, coordinating the extensive volunteer effort that keeps the trail open and beautiful. We work in partnership with the Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC), the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR), and the National Park Service (NPS).

A tale of a January trip to Cardigan High Cabin Outing Featuring Snow and Good Fun, by David Koerber of AMC Berkshire’s Outings Committee…

The AT is managed as a “primitive footpath”. Hikers are expected to be self-reliant, and to carry appropriate equipment for the season and terrain.

Because the AT can be very busy, we ask all hikers to respect the trail, overnight sites, and their fellow travelers. The Mass AT Committee in partnership with Mass Department of Conservation and Recreation established the following guidelines and regulations to aid in that effort:

Hikers and other woods-wanderers beware: in Massachusetts, shotgun hunting season for deer begins the Monday after Thanksgiving (November 27) and runs through December 9. If you’re going to head out into the woods anyway, wear bright colors! (No hunting is allowed on Sundays.)

Below is a somewhat-legible map of hiking trails at Noble View.

AMC-Berkshire’s Appalachian Trail Committee manages the maintenance, management, and protection of the almost 90 miles of Appalachian Trail within Massachusetts, coordinating the extensive volunteer effort that keeps the trail open and beautiful. We work in partnership with the Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC), the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR), and the National Park Service (NPS).

The Metacomet-Monadnock Trail Guide is a detailed guide to hiking the M-M Trail, with maps, distances, elevations, etc. The newly-updated tenth edition is available from New England Cartographics, Inc. (The trail descriptions on this web site are excerpted from the guidebook.)

You may order a copy direct from the publisher:

Hikes are rated according to their distance, pace, and ruggedness. A typical rating might be “B3C”. The first letter (or pair of letters) indicates the hike’s distance: