AMC SEM Post-Hike Trip
Report
TRIP DATE:
01-05-2016
TRIP
LOCATION: Blue Hills
MEETING
TIME: 10:30 am
NUMBER OF
PARTICIPANTS (INCLUDING LEADERS): 18
TOTAL HIKING
TIME (IN HOURS): 3 hrs 46 mins
LENGTH IN
MILES: 6.56 miles
TOTAL
ELEVATION GAIN (IN FEET): 346 feet
DIFFICULTY: C (A=very strenuous;
B=strenuous; C=average; D=easy)
LEADER
NAME(S): Paul Brookes, Cathy
MacCurtain
CO-LEADER
NAME(S): Pat Acorn
TRAILHEAD
PARKING LOCATION & DESCRIPTION: Parking
area on corner of Chickatawbut and RT 28
CAR SPOTTING
REQUIRED?: No TIME REQUIRED TO SPOT CARS:
N/A
WAS TRIP
WITHIN WHITE MOUNTAIN NATIONAL FOREST? No
BRIEFLY
DESCRIBE SPECIFIC TRAILS HIKED AND TRAIL CONDITIONS ENCOUNTERED:
We hiked
down the Braintree path to Hawk Hill, which was the highest hill so far in the
series. It was a little technical on the
climb side with a narrow and steep trail but everyone made it up with helping
hands from one another. The rest of the
hike was relatively flat. We also went
back over to Old Rt 128 where we picked up some in’s and out’s which we had
chosen to not do the previous week due to the cold sleet. Lunch on the pipeline was pleasant with us
all pointing ourselves to the sun like lizards trying to warm themselves.
WEATHER
CONDITIONS FOR HIKE: It was bitterly cold in the mid-teens to lower 20’s but
also clear blue skies and bright sun, no wind.
Everyone had proper clothing and no one had any issues with the cold.
OTHER
COMMENTS (problems, views, terrain, etc.)
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