Tails & Trails State Forest Run

We are excited to introduce BURCS newest race, Tails & Trails State Forest Run! For Tails & Trails, we will be supporting local animal rescue nonprofits in the surrounding Berkshire area. We have chosen 3 wonderful charities to support with this race. Red Robin Song Animal Sanctuary out of New Lebanon, NY is an organization that many of you know and love from our VP50k race. We are also supporting No Paws Left Behind (the successor organization to the Eleanor Sonsini Shelter), a nonprofit out of North Adams committed to rescuing and rehoming stray and abandoned animals. And lastly we are supporting Berkshire Bird Paradise, Inc. out of Petersburg, NY that is committed to providing care and refuge to injured or displaced birds

Location: Pittsfield State Park, Lulu Brook Parking Area, 1041 Cascade St., Pittsfield, MA 01201

Aid Stations: 2 total on the loop, including the start/finish large aid station

Course Description: We start off with about a 0.1 mile run down the paved Circuit Road before dipping into the woods. The first couple miles are single track trails and some rolling hills but net downhill, some rocks and roots but all very run-able. We head out to the Whirlpool Ravine and take a hard right onto "Beaver Tail," following that to the Beaver Pond. Flow-y mountain bike trails take us through sections of aromatic pine trees to the aid station on Churchill Street. The last two miles of the loop is more flow, more pine trees, some giant boulders, and a few slightly terrifying stuffed animals hiding in the woods.