Bay Circuit Trail Sharon/Easton 03-19-2016

AMC SEM Post-Hike Trip Report

TRIP DATE:     3/19/2016    

                          

TRIP LOCATION:         BCT (Bay Circuit Trail) Sharon/Easton

MEETING TIME:         9:30    

NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS (INCLUDING LEADERS):                     9

TOTAL HIKING TIME (IN HOURS):    3:30

LENGTH IN MILES:     6.7/7.4 (see other comments)

TOTAL ELEVATION GAIN (IN FEET): 707’

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

LEADER NAME(S):      Bob Vogel

CO-LEADER NAME(S):            Nancy Coote/Joe Keogh

TRAILHEAD PARKING LOCATION & DESCRIPTION: We met, and left most cars, at the Pocquanticut Ave. parking lot of the BCT. We then carpooled to Gorwin Drive, Sharon to start the hike.  (We also dropped Nancy’s car at Borderland.. ‘just in case.’)

CAR SPOTTING REQUIRED?:         Y                TIME REQUIRED TO SPOT CARS: 10 minutes

WAS TRIP WITHING WHITE MOUNTAIN NATIONAL FOREST?  N

BRIEFLY DESCRIBE SPECIFIC TRAILS HIKED AND TRAIL CONDITIONS ENCOUNTERED: BCT, a bit of water on the Rockland Street Trail at Borderland, otherwise fine.

WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR HIKE: Upper 30s, great day for a hike.

OTHER COMMENTS (problems, views, terrain, etc.)

We hiked 6.6 miles of the route, and circled up just before the cars. Someone asked “What about the bear cave?” CRAP! I had walked past and forgot to stop. L   Oh well, some didn’t care and left, those that wanted to see the bear cave walked back to it. Since we had finished the hike early the few more minutes didn’t matter.  We did the 6.7 miles in 3:07, for a 2.14 mph, including stops. (Excluding the two separate lunch stops we averaged 2.44 mph. We were truckin’)

IMPORTANT: Contact Hike Committee Chair ASAP with any medical emergencies or other serious incidents.   N/A