AMC SEM Post-Hike Trip Report  Whiteline 2-12-19 Red Dot/Big Blue Loop from Trailside Museum

TRIP DATE:      February 12, 2019

TRIP LOCATION: MEETING TIME: 9:45am for 10:00am startBlue Hills, Ski slope parking closest to trailside museum at start/end of red dot trails. 1904Canton Ave., Milton.

NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS (INCLUDING LEADERS):            28

TOTAL HIKING TIME (IN HOURS):       3.5

LENGTH IN MILES:       4.2

TOTAL ELEVATION GAIN (IN FEET):    951

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

LEADER NAME(S):       Claire MacDonald 

CO-LEADER NAME(S):Craig MacDonald, Cathy MacCurtain, Paul Brookes, Pam Johnson

TRAILHEAD PARKING LOCATION & DESCRIPTION: Close to Trailside Museum, ski slope parking

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: Ski-slope side of Trailside Museum, up red dot to Skyline, i/o between red dots on Skyline, to Weather Station, to 1030, back to 1066, down to 1083, up/down Brookwood Trail to 1062, R at Accord Path to 1003, down to 1001 and back and up to 1003, up Skyline to Eliot Circle, L at 1030 to 1055, L back down red dot to just below (West) Summit Rd., i/o of small path between 2 red dot trails (also did i/o small trail between red dots on way up to east of road but not on map) and back down to parking. Mostly dry ground with patchy ice, not requiring microspikes. 

WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR HIKE: 

Cold/damp 20's to low 30's. Overcast with snow expected. Started light snow as we descended last red dot trail, heavier by the time we reached parking lot.

OTHER COMMENTS (problems, views, terrain, etc.) None

IMPORTANT: Contact Hike Committee Chair ASAP with any medical emergencies or other serious incidents.   No incidents despite rugged terrain.