AMC SEM Post-Hike Trip
Report
TRIP DATE: 02-16-2016
TRIP
LOCATION: Blue Hills
MEETING
TIME: 10:30 am
NUMBER OF
PARTICIPANTS (INCLUDING LEADERS): 10
TOTAL HIKING
TIME (IN HOURS): 5 hrs mins
LENGTH IN
MILES: 7.7 miles
TOTAL
ELEVATION GAIN (IN FEET): 50 feet
DIFFICULTY: B (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: Donovan
Elementary School in Randolph.
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 all
the trails in Mid-Ponkapoag stopping on the horse bridge for a group
photo. The trails were a few inches of
melting wet slush and flooded out in parts making for hard work on the legs; Then
an hour into the hike it started raining.
By lunch time many in the group were wet, tired and hungry.
We lunched
at the site of the now decommissioned Nike-Ajax missile launch pads that
protected Greater Boston from June 1955 until March 1963. Somewhat re-energized
from lunch we hiked the trails around the horse riding stable.
Returning to
the pipeline we acknowledged that we would not be able to do the optional
trails and be back at the cars by our intended 2:30pm finish time. The leaders decided to give the group a
choice. Most wanted to return to the
cars but some wanted to do the optional trails. We decided to split the group.
Cathy and Pat led the first group back to the cars. I led the remainder of the group along the
optional trails and returned to the cars an hour later. Back at my car I texted
Cathy and we confirmed all in both groups were safely back.
WEATHER
CONDITIONS FOR HIKE: Cloudy, wet, upper 40’s.
OTHER
COMMENTS (problems, views, terrain, etc.)
IMPORTANT:
Contact Hike Committee Chair ASAP with any medical emergencies or other serious
incidents.
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