AMC SEM Post-Hike Trip
Report
TRIP DATE:
01-12-2016
TRIP
LOCATION: Blue Hills
MEETING
TIME: 10:30 am
NUMBER OF
PARTICIPANTS (INCLUDING LEADERS): 19
TOTAL HIKING
TIME (IN HOURS): 3 hrs 41 mins
LENGTH IN
MILES: 6.04 miles
TOTAL
ELEVATION GAIN (IN FEET): 400 feet
DIFFICULTY: C (A=very strenuous;
B=strenuous; C=average; D=easy)
LEADER
NAME(S): Paul Brookes, Cathy
MacCurtain
CO-LEADER
NAME(S):
TRAILHEAD
PARKING LOCATION & DESCRIPTION: Houghton’s
Pond Parking Lot
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
from Houghton’s Pond to the top of Great Blue Hill via the gentle incline of
the Coon Hollow Path. Once we got to the
top of Great Blue and stopped to check out the Weather Observatory we enjoyed a
crisp but Sunny lunch at the scattered picnic tables in and around the stone
pavilion by Eliot Tower. After lunch we
hiked down the slightly more rugged red dot trail to the Summit Road, this is
the very popular trail that folks typically take when ascending Great Blue from
the Trailside Museum. We returned to our
cars via the Puddle Path and relatively flat Wolcott Path that forms the valley
between the Wolcott and Hemenway Hills.
WEATHER
CONDITIONS FOR HIKE: Dry, clear and crisp in the low 30’s. A beautiful sunny day.
OTHER
COMMENTS (problems, views, terrain, etc.)
Great Blue
is always a favorite destination with visits to the Weather Observatory,
crossing the short but memorable Eliot Memorial Footbridge and checking out the
view from the three-story fieldstone tower.
Today was no exception. An
enjoyable hike with good company and pleasant conversation was had by all.
IMPORTANT:
Contact Hike Committee Chair ASAP with any medical emergencies or other serious
incidents.
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