Sherberne Trails Input/Advice

[Robin]

Looking to do a ride at Sherburne Trails - know Sherburner and Pesky Cairn are favorites - but across the street...what's Hutchins Hill trail like? Is it doable to add to Sherburner loop? Looking at ride logs on Trail forks, many rides only stay on one side of Route 100, not combining the two. Looking for input/advice and/or route to share. Thanks!

 

[Norm]

Looking to do a ride at Sherburne Trails - know Sherburner and Pesky Cairn are favorites - but across the street...what's Hutchins Hill trail like? Is it doable to add to Sherburner loop? Looking at ride logs on Trail forks, many rides only stay on one side of Route 100, not combining the two. Looking for input/advice and/or route to share. Thanks!

This is a good loop:

https://www.trailforks.com/ridelog/view/72267189/

Hutchins Hill is fine. It’s black because it’s old school New England/ungroomed ST. It’s nothing you can’t easily handle.

IIRC you want to do the HH loop CCW.

 

[teabagger11]

this is what we did 2 was ago we did the big climb and downhill 2x's and we were on ebikes so there's that

 

[Norm]

View attachment 247186this is what we did 2 was ago we did the big climb and downhill 2x's and we were on ebikes so there's that

You did what my loop is but started at the shop. Unfortunately the campground has started trying to charge bikers $5 to go through the entrance so the shop doesn’t really recommend that way as much anymore.

 

[JPark]

I would add that Archie Baker is a really cool tech trail with tons of rock rolls and boulder features.
It just takes a while to get over to it and back which is why it's not a regular ride for me.
I know some people like to do a full loop around Kent pond, starting at Backcountry Outfitters but I tend to stick to the Sherburne/Gifford Woods area.

 

[Robin]

Ended up riding Pesky Cairn to Sherburner. Came back across 100 and did Hutchins Loop CCW. It was ok. Maybe should have skipped and just done Archie Baker…oh well. Can check this place off my list.

posting my route here for future inquiries

https://www.trailforks.com/ridelog/view/77418351/

 

[icebiker]

Sherburne is amazing. 15.5 miles and 2400 ft climbing. We were pretty spent by the time we got to Sherburner but ran into some locals that said it was worth the 600 ft climbing over 1.5 miles 😬. They were right. The descent was one for the ages.

 

[Over the Bars]

Sherburne is amazing. 15.5 miles and 2400 ft climbing. We were pretty spent by the time we got to Sherburner but ran into some locals that said it was worth the 600 ft climbing over 1.5 miles 😬. They were right. The descent was one for the ages.
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Definitely worth it! Cool place and very well made. I lapped sherburner a few times back in May but didn't get a chance to explore the rest of the place due to horrible weather.