AMC SEM Post-Hike Trip Report

TRIP DATE:  1/29/2019                                   

TRIP LOCATION:  White Line - Blue Hills                     

MEETING TIME: 9:45am for a 10:00am start            

NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS (INCLUDING LEADERS):28        

TOTAL HIKING TIME (IN HOURS): 3.5 

LENGTH IN MILES: 6.1

TOTAL ELEVATION GAIN (IN FEET):  300

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

LEADER NAME(S): Craig MacDonald  

CO-LEADER NAME(S):Paul Brookes, Cathy MacCurtain, Pam Johnson

TRAILHEAD PARKING LOCATION & DESCRIPTION:  180 Wood Rd, Braintree, MA    

CAR SPOTTING REQUIRED?: No                        TIME REQUIRED TO SPOT CARS: na

WAS TRIP WITHIN WHITE MOUNTAIN NATIONAL FOREST?  No       

BRIEFLY DESCRIBE SPECIFIC TRAILS HIKED AND TRAIL CONDITIONS ENCOUNTERED: Wood Path, Wampatuck Path, Skyline, Squamaug Path, Curve Path, Laurel Path, and return by several interconnecting un-named trails.  Mostly frozen/thawing ground with little ice or mud made hiking enjoyable.

WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR HIKE: low 30s and overcast

OTHER COMMENTS (problems, views, terrain, etc.) Toward end of the hike, three hikers became separated from the group because of a miscommunication about an in-and-out trail.  Their absence was reported by the sweep and they were directly located and led to the trailhead.