WLBH Jan 9, 2018 Field Path

AMC SEM Post-Hike Trip Report

TRIP DATE: 1-9-2018

TRIP LOCATION: Blue Hills

MEETING TIME: 10:00 am

NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS (INCLUDING LEADERS): 21

TOTAL HIKING TIME (IN HOURS): 3 hrs 18 mins

LENGTH IN MILES: 3.99 miles

TOTAL ELEVATION GAIN (IN FEET): 295 feet

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

LEADER NAME(S): Paul Brookes, Cathy MacCurtain, Pat Achorn, Len Ulbright, Dexter Robinson

CO-LEADER NAME(S): N/A

TRAILHEAD PARKING LOCATION & DESCRIPTION: Street parking at end of Royal St.

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:

About 12” of lovely soft snow. Some of the group used snow-shoes and rotated through who was breaking snow (caterpillar). The day was beautiful, sunny, not too cold and everyone had a good time. This section of the reservation is less travelled and more isolated which made for nice snow. Our lunch stop was at a frozen pond off a private road.

WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR HIKE: Sunny, dry, clear, low 30’s

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

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