AMC SEM Post-Hike Trip
Report
TRIP DATE:
2/23/2017
TRIP
LOCATION: Bourne Sisters/Perry Woods Conservation Area and Leary Property
MEETING
TIME: 9:45
NUMBER OF
PARTICIPANTS (INCLUDING LEADERS): 23
TOTAL HIKING
TIME (IN HOURS): 2
LENGTH IN
MILES: 4.02
TOTAL
ELEVATION GAIN (IN FEET): 80'
DIFFICULTY: C (A=very
strenuous; B=strenuous; C=average; D=easy)
LEADER
NAME(S): Robin McIntyre
CO-LEADER
NAME(S):
TRAILHEAD
PARKING LOCATION & DESCRIPTION: 221 County Road and Leary Property lot,
Bourne
CAR SPOTTING
REQUIRED?: no TIME
REQUIRED TO SPOT CARS:
WAS TRIP
WITHIN WHITE MOUNTAIN NATIONAL FOREST? no
BRIEFLY DESCRIBE
SPECIFIC TRAILS HIKED AND TRAIL CONDITIONS ENCOUNTERED: The hike consisted of
hilly, wooded trails in the Bourne Sisters and Perry Woods, a cranberry bog,
and a wooded path on the Leary Property down to a marsh with views of Back
River. The trails had a few mushy
patches of snow but otherwise were primarily dry.
WEATHER
CONDITIONS FOR HIKE: sunny, blue skies, 49 degrees, no wind to start and then
the wind picked up and fog rolled in just as we finished
OTHER
COMMENTS (problems, views, terrain, etc.) No problems. Janet Kaiser was our
point person in the middle of the group and Jane Harding was the sweep--both
are level I hike leaders.
IMPORTANT:
Contact Hike Committee Chair ASAP with any medical emergencies or other serious
incidents. No concerns.
