WLBH 3-8-2016

AMC SEM Post-Hike Trip Report

TRIP DATE: 03-08-2016     

                                        

TRIP LOCATION:         Blue Hills – White Line the Blue Hills Series, Woodland through Hike  

    

MEETING TIME:         10:00 am    

   

NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS (INCLUDING LEADERS):         17

TOTAL HIKING TIME (IN HOURS):    3 hrs 50 mins

LENGTH IN MILES:     7.1 miles

TOTAL ELEVATION GAIN (IN FEET): 500 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: North Parking Lot, Trailside Museum RT 138

CAR SPOTTING REQUIRED?:        Yes                 TIME REQUIRED TO SPOT CARS: 30 mins

WAS TRIP WITHIN WHITE MOUNTAIN NATIONAL FOREST?         No

BRIEFLY DESCRIBE SPECIFIC TRAILS HIKED AND TRAIL CONDITIONS ENCOUNTERED:

Today’s hike which was part of the White Line The Blue Hills series was a woodland through hike from Shea Ice Rink to the Trailside Museum on RT138, not summiting any of the hills we kept to the valleys and lowlands.  It was nice to get a sense for the length of a large section of the Blue Hills by doing it as a through hike.  The day was perfect, with bright Sun and warm weather and the group enjoyed the hike a lot.  I mentioned I was planning a spring woodland through-hike from Shea to the very end by Fowl Meadow and many in the group expressed an interest in doing this.

When we arrived back at our cars, Len gave another reminder that his Spring Conditioning series begins the week after the White Line Series completes. A number of people from the White Lining series have signed up for his series which his great.

WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR HIKE: Clear skies, bright sunshine and mid 50’s.

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