donrhummy

I know this has been asked on this forum in the past (I asked basically this question) but searching's been disabled and I can't seem to find the info on google.

In addition to any good climbs you all might know of, there was also a web page that listed the best climbs and gave their percent grade and distance too. I can't find it on google.

Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Little Darwin

I have never ridden it, but Mt. Greylock is the highest point in Mass, and I did pass some cyclists as I was driving up last year...

I believe I remember your earlier thread, and someone said there are two ways up, and they preferred one to the other, but I can't help on which was better...

The road I drove did have some frost heaves and possibly roots raising bumps in the road, so you should be careful on the descent...

EDIT: Found this link: https://www.trails.com/tcatalog_trail...lid=BGN015-015

Some of their links may be helpful...

botto 

can't remember the name off the top of my head, i think it's Wachusett Mountain, but the climb at the 2nd stage* at Fitchburg is a killer.

*at least it was the 2nd stage 13 years ago.

donrhummy

Hey, thanks for the reply, but Greylock is western mass (all the way on the north-west side). It'd take about 2-2.5 hours to drive there. I'm looking for something closer to the east coast.

HWS

I used to ride 3A from Plymouth to Hingham when I was a kid. I remember going through North Marshfield into Scituate as a pretty hilly area.

Rt 53 from Kingston, north through Hanover was another one.

This was 20-25 years ago and I imagine the traffic has increased a bit.

Little Darwin

I know the difference between east and west.... really!

Since I moved out here, I find that I confuse east and west. I believe that it is somehow related to living on the west coast for my whole life, where east means away from the ocean, so when I don't take the time to think, I confuse east and west here... perhaps I am subconsciously substituting east with "away from the ocean"

JPRoadie

If you want to do a steep climb (not that long however), and stay inside of 128, then Great Blue Hill is the best I know of, plus the road has no cars. It is 420 feet in 9/10ths of a mile, a little less then 9% grade. If you do it several times it is a pretty good workout.

Check out this website for more info:

https://www.northeastcycling.com/Hill_Climbs.html

donrhummy

LOL, no problem. Hey, the whole thing's a sphere dangling in space anyways. So going east will take you west eventually.

MtnRide

I guess Wachusett would be the biggest. It's about 5.5% for 3.3 miles. Not huge, but better than most climbs in the area. It's a weird one though- basically it's a bunch of 10-12% kickers with flats in between.

elongut

i just found out about this site. thought it was fantastic for elevations/routes.

https://www.toporoute.com/

Cyclcist4879

+1 for the BLue Hill climb to the observation tower. Yeah!

KevinF

Maybe if you start at the visitor center and go to the summit then this is true. Starting at Rt. 140 and going to the visitor center though is a mile at 9% or so.

donrhummy

That's the web page! Thanks!

donrhummy

Anyone know if there are any 6-10 mile climbs in the northeast?

yak

A couple of my favorites are Pinkham Notch - route 16 from Bartlett to Gorham, NH, and Smugglers Notch - route 108 from Stowe Village to Jeffersonville, VT.

Both are best in early morning before traffic builds.

A note to the earlier posters about Mt Greylock. It's closed for the next year or so while they repave. Should be a screamer when it reopens, though.

donrhummy

Cool, I'll check those out. Any idea of the actual lengths of those climbs?

Re: Mt Greylock: their site says it's closed for all of 2007 AND 2008.

C Law

Killington Area

Route 4 west at skyeship base lodge (approx) to west hill road to killington access road to the top at kbl
8 -9 miles from what I remember and a decent climb. A few flat spots in the middle though