WLBH 1-19-16

AMC SEM Post-Hike Trip Report

TRIP DATE: 01-19-2016    

                                         

TRIP LOCATION:         Blue Hills   

  

MEETING TIME:         10:30 am   

NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS (INCLUDING LEADERS):         18

TOTAL HIKING TIME (IN HOURS):    3 hrs mins

LENGTH IN MILES:     5.13 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):            Pat Acorn

TRAILHEAD PARKING LOCATION & DESCRIPTION: Pull-off on Unquity Rd.

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:

This was the first hike in the White Lining Series with a little snow on the ground which was nice.  Some sections of the trails were icy and we wore our micro-spikes. We hiked to the top of Hemenway Hill and lunched at Houghton’s Pond concession stand before returning to our cars via Five Corners Path and Border Path. We got back to our cars half hour earlier than in previous weeks and some in the group wanting to do a little more so I took a smaller group down Border Path to Hillside St. and back.