AMC SEM Post-Hike
Trip Report
TRIP DATE: 07-27-2017
TRIP LOCATION: Blue Hills
MEETING TIME: 6pm
NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS
(INCLUDING LEADERS): 14
TOTAL HIKING TIME (IN
HOURS): 2 ½ hrs
LENGTH IN MILES: 4.1
miles
TOTAL ELEVATION GAIN (IN
FEET): 200 feet
DIFFICULTY: B
(A=very strenuous; B=strenuous; C=average;
D=easy)
LEADER NAME(S): Paul
Brookes, Walt Granada, Michael Swartz
CO-LEADER NAME(S): N/A
TRAILHEAD PARKING LOCATION
& DESCRIPTION: RT28 parking pull off (where Pipeline crosses
road).
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:
Hiked over to view Pakomet
Spring. Then hike around and over Hawk Hill (quite slippery but
everyone did ok). We then crossed over to the Streamside Edge path
and hiked the triangle where we saw ‘Panther Cave’ heading north
on Branch Path. At 3066, for the fun of it, we bushwacked back to
Hawk Hill Path and saw a doe.
WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR
HIKE: damp and humid, 50% overcast, lower 70’s.
OTHER COMMENTS (problems,
views, terrain, etc.)
IMPORTANT: Contact Hike
Committee Chair ASAP with any medical emergencies or other serious
incidents.
