AMC SEM Post-Hike Trip
Report
TRIP DATE: 6/12/2016
TRIP
LOCATION: Through Borderland, Fox Mountain lot and Beaver Brook Woods
MEETING
TIME: 9:00
NUMBER OF
PARTICIPANTS (INCLUDING LEADERS): 5
TOTAL HIKING
TIME (IN HOURS): 5
LENGTH IN
MILES: ~9
TOTAL
ELEVATION GAIN (IN FEET): minimal
DIFFICULTY: D (A=very strenuous;
B=strenuous; C=average; D=easy)
LEADER
NAME(S): Bob Vogel
CO-LEADER
NAME(S): Cathy
Giordano
TRAILHEAD
PARKING LOCATION & DESCRIPTION: Met
and left most cars at Beaver Brook Woods. Dropped 1 car at Borderland ‘in
case’; and all drove to Gorwin Drive, Sharon to start hike
CAR SPOTTING
REQUIRED?: Y TIME REQUIRED TO SPOT CARS:
10 Min
WAS TRIP
WITHING WHITE MOUNTAIN NATIONAL FOREST? No
BRIEFLY
DESCRIBE SPECIFIC TRAILS HIKED AND TRAIL CONDITIONS ENCOUNTERED: BCT Access Trail from Gorwin Drive Sharon,
Morse Loop, Quarry Loop, Ridge Trail, Northwest Trail, Split Rock Trail, French
Trail, West Side Trail, Pond Walk, Rockland Street Trail, BCT through to Beaver
Woods Parking lot on Pocquanticut Ave., Easton.
WEATHER
CONDITIONS FOR HIKE: 70, windy, great day for a hike
OTHER
COMMENTS (problems, views, terrain, etc.) For those keeping track of their Borderland points we hiked:
Quarry Loop (5 pts), Split Rock Trail (5 pts), French Trail (4 pts), Rockland
Street Trail (6 pts), and we completed the portion of the BCT within Borderland
(10 pts), for a total of 30 points. If this was your first AMC Hike at
Borderland since they started the "100" challenge, you also earned 10
points under "Events" for attending an AMC event, to make your total
40 points toward the 100 point challenge. Long day, but lots of points
:-)
IMPORTANT:
Contact Hike Committee Chair ASAP with any medical emergencies or other serious
incidents. N/A
