Thursday Morning Blue Hills Snowshoe Hike

TRIP DATE:  2-6-2014                                        

NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS (INCLUDING LEADERS): 8

TOTAL HIKING TIME (IN HOURS): 3 hours

LENGTH IN MILES:  app. 4 miles

TOTAL ELEVATION GAIN (IN FEET):   

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

LEADER NAME(S):       Sue Chiavaroli

CO-LEADER NAME(S):

TRAILHEAD PARKING LOCATION & DESCRIPTION:    Due to the snowed-in parking lots on Rte. 28, we parked at the lot at the corner of Chickatawbut Rd.

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

WAS TRIP WITHING WHITE MOUNTAIN NATIONAL FOREST?  No    

IF YES TO ABOVE, DESCRIBE SPECIFIC TRAILS HIKED AND TRAIL CONDITIONS ENCOUNTERED:

WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR HIKE:  Sunny, 18 degrees, no wind

OTHER COMMENTS (problems, views, terrain, etc.)  Due to one foot of fresh snow on the Red Dot Trail, we had to break trail using our snowshoes…

2013-14 Winter Hike #3 - Mt. Pierce

TRIP DATE:  Feb. 1, 2014                                           

TRIP LOCATION: Mt. Pierce, Crawford Notch, NH             

MEETING TIME:   8:45 am                 

NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS (INCLUDING LEADERS): 16       

TOTAL HIKING TIME (IN HOURS): 6.5 hours  

LENGTH IN MILES: app. 6.6 miles

TOTAL ELEVATION GAIN (IN FEET): app. 2,400 feet

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

LEADER NAME(S):  Paul Miller, Mike Woessner, Wayne Anderson, Chris Pellegrini, Bill Pellegrini           

CO-LEADER NAME(S): Anne Duggan

TRAILHEAD PARKING LOCATION & DESCRIPTION: large Crawford Path parking lot off Mt. Clinton Rd. (at Crawford Connector trailhead)

CAR SPOTTING REQUIRED?:        No

WAS TRIP WITHING WHITE MOUNTAIN NATIONAL FOREST?  Yes

IF YES TO ABOVE, DESCRIBE SPECIFIC TRAILS HIKED AND TRAIL CONDITIONS ENCOUNTERED:

Well-packed snow on Crawford Path, Mizpah Cutoff, and Webster Cliff Trails with a few icy spots on the Crawford Path and a little deeper snow on Webster Cliff toward the summit of Pierce

WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR HIKE:  Beautiful weather, with temps in the high 20s/low 30s and no wind.  Got a little cloudy in the afternoon on the way down...

OTHER COMMENTS (problems, views, terrain, etc.):  excellent views from summit of Pierce toward Ike, Monroe, Washington, and even the Northern Presidentials

Cumberland Monastery Hike

TRIP DATE:      January 30, 2014                                

TRIP LOCATION: Monastery, Cumberland,nRI                      

MEETING TIME:  10:00 am                

NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS (INCLUDING LEADERS): 18       

TOTAL HIKING TIME (IN HOURS):       app. 3 miles

LENGTH IN MILES:      5.2 miles

TOTAL ELEVATION GAIN (IN FEET):  200 ft.  

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

LEADER NAME(S):       Muriel Guenthner

CO-LEADER NAME(S): Sue Chivaroli

TRAILHEAD PARKING LOCATION & DESCRIPTION:    Monastery Grounds parking lot

CAR SPOTTING REQUIRED?:    No                 

WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR HIKE:  Sunny and cold

OTHER COMMENTS (problems, views, terrain, etc.):  some ice on trails