Friday, July 28, 2017

RLBH, July 27, 2017, Hawk Hill

AMC SEM Post-Hike Trip Report
TRIP DATE: 07-27-2017

TRIP LOCATION: Blue Hills 

MEETING TIME: 6pm 

NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS (INCLUDING LEADERS): 14

TOTAL HIKING TIME (IN HOURS): 2 ½ hrs

LENGTH IN MILES: 4.1 miles

TOTAL ELEVATION GAIN (IN FEET): 200 feet

DIFFICULTY: B (A=very strenuous; B=strenuous; C=average; D=easy)

LEADER NAME(S): Paul Brookes, Walt Granada, Michael Swartz
CO-LEADER NAME(S): N/A

TRAILHEAD PARKING LOCATION & DESCRIPTION: RT28 parking pull off (where Pipeline crosses road).

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:
Hiked over to view Pakomet Spring. Then hike around and over Hawk Hill (quite slippery but everyone did ok). We then crossed over to the Streamside Edge path and hiked the triangle where we saw ‘Panther Cave’ heading north on Branch Path. At 3066, for the fun of it, we bushwacked back to Hawk Hill Path and saw a doe.
WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR HIKE: damp and humid, 50% overcast, lower 70’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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