1,154 ft
Distance
-170 ft
Descent
00:03:32
Avg time

Back of the Shack Details

  • Riding Area
    Thunder Mountain Bike Park
    Charlemont, Massachusetts
  • Difficulty Rating
    Black Diamond rate
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    DH, AM
  • Trail Usage
    Biking Only
  • Direction
    Downhill Only
    Popular direction shown
  • TTFs on Trail
    Jump, Rock Face
  • Global Ranking
    #18118 in Mountain Biking

Slow technical trail with tight turns and rocky drops. Some of the roots and rocks are really tight and require some skill to not get stuck in, or hit with big suspension and speed.

Bike Park

More Stats for Back of the Shack bike trail
  • Altitude change
    -170 ft
  • Altitude min
    1,356 ft
  • Altitude max
    1,526 ft
  • Altitude start
    1,526 ft
  • Altitude end
    1,356 ft
  • Grade
    -14.772%
  • Grade max
    -36.222%
  • Grade min
    2.38%
  • Distance climb
    30 ft
  • Distance down
    1,040 ft
  • Distance flat
    83 ft
  • Avg time
    00:03:32
  • view trail stats
Status:
on Nov 11, 2018
Variable
Avg: 4 (2 votes)

view (496)
close
  • Layers  w
  • Basemap 
  • Trail Style 
    • ?
  • Activity Type 
Trail Conditions
  • Unknown
  • Snow Packed
  • Snow Covered
  • Freeze/thaw Cycle
  • Icy
  • Prevalent Mud
  • Wet
  • Variable
  • Dry
  • Very Dry
LEGEND
Trail Difficulties
  • Access Road/Trail
  • White
  • Green
  • Blue
  • Black
  • Double Black Diamond

Trail Report Status
  • Clear / Green
  • Minor Issue / Yellow
  • Significant Issue / Amber
  • Closed or Major Issue / Red

  • Land Owner Overlay
  • Wilderness (typically no bikes in USA)
  • BLM (public)
  • USFS (Wildlife sanctuaries darker than usfs)
  • State land
  • Indigenous
  • Military
Trail Conditions
  • Unknown
  • Snow Packed
  • Snow Covered
  • Freeze/thaw Cycle
  • Icy
  • Prevalent Mud
  • Wet
  • Variable
  • Dry
  • Very Dry
  • Map Markers
  • trail Trail Head
  • photo Photo
  • place Directory Listing
  • region Riding Area
  • TTF TTF
  • Parking Parking
  • Viewpoint Viewpoint
  • Information Information
  • Warning Warning
  • Directions Directions
  • Water Fountain/Source Water Fountain/Source
  • Sight Sight
  • Restrooms Restrooms
  • Gate Gate
  • Camping Camping
  • Trail Sign Trail Sign
  • Table or Bench Table or Bench
  • Other Other
Directions to back-of-the-shack trailhead (42.614231, -72.870169)
update trails status or condition

Back of the Shack Trail Reports

datedescription
Nov 11, 2018 @ 6:14am
Nov 11, 2018
Nov 4, 2018 @ 6:06am
Nov 4, 2018
Sep 9, 2018 @ 8:03am
Sep 9, 2018
Sep 1, 2018 @ 6:34am
Sep 1, 2018
Jul 29, 2018 @ 7:55am
Jul 29, 2018
view all reports »

Photos

more »
52 |
Jul 27, 2017 @ 4:42am
Jul 27, 2017
Back of the Shack, Charlemont
38 |
Jul 27, 2017 @ 4:39am
Jul 27, 2017
Back of the Shack, Charlemont
42 |
Jul 27, 2017 @ 4:31am
Jul 27, 2017
Back of the Shack, Charlemont
68 |
Jul 23, 2017 @ 5:29pm
Jul 23, 2017
Back of the Shack, Charlemont

Trail Lists

Reviews / Comments

No reviews yet, be the first to write a review or ask a question.
Use trail reports to comment on trail conditions.


Post a Comment



You must login to Pinkbike.
Don't have an account? Sign up

Join Pinkbike  Login

Videos

more »
10-18-15 Back of the Shack
2:25 | 44 | Oct 24, 2015 , Charlemont
Back of the Shack
2:44 | 167 | Sep 7, 2015 , Charlemont

Nearby Trails

Thunder Mountain Bike Park

  • subscribe
  • flag
  • login to download gpx or kml files.