Thursday Morning Hike 4-20-17

AMC SEM Post-Hike Trip Report

TRIP DATE:     4-20-17  

                                

TRIP LOCATION:         Wollomonopoag Conservation Area, Wrentham, MA  

MEETING TIME: 10:00 am        

        

NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS (INCLUDING LEADERS):         13      

 

TOTAL HIKING TIME (IN HOURS):    3  hours

LENGTH IN MILES:     5+ miles

TOTAL ELEVATION GAIN (IN FEET):

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

LEADER NAME(S):      Muriel Guenthner

CO-LEADER NAME(S):            Rick McNally

TRAILHEAD PARKING LOCATION & DESCRIPTION: Off Elysium St., Wrentham, MA

CAR SPOTTING REQUIRED?:      N                   TIME REQUIRED TO SPOT CARS:

WAS TRIP WITHIN WHITE MOUNTAIN NATIONAL FOREST?  N  

 

BRIEFLY DESCRIBE SPECIFIC TRAILS HIKED AND TRAIL CONDITIONS ENCOUNTERED:

Hiked by ponds with Great Blue Rookery, trails were somewhat wet

WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR HIKE: clear day

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

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

Fall River Bioreserve Hike, 3-20-2015

TRIP DATE:      3-30-2015  

                            

TRIP LOCATION:          Fall River Bioreserve 

MEETING TIME:          10:00 am

        

NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS (INCLUDING LEADERS):             12

TOTAL HIKING TIME (IN HOURS):       3.5 hours

LENGTH IN MILES:      5 miles

TOTAL ELEVATION GAIN (IN FEET):    300 ft.

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

LEADER NAME(S):       Arthur Hart

CO-LEADER NAME(S):             Rick McNally

TRAILHEAD PARKING LOCATION & DESCRIPTION:    Trustees Reservation, Indiantown Rd.

CAR SPOTTING REQUIRED?:     No               TIME REQUIRED TO SPOT CARS:

WAS TRIP WITHING WHITE MOUNTAIN NATIONAL FOREST?           No

PLEASE BRIEFLY DESCRIBE SPECIFIC TRAILS HIKED AND TRAIL CONDITIONS ENCOUNTERED:

Loop Turn Trail to Deadmans Trail to Tower Trail to Horseshoe Trail.  Trails well marked and in good condition.  Two streams bridged.

WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR HIKE:   Partly cloudy; 50 degrees

OTHER COMMENTS (problems, views, terrain, etc.) – Most hikers climbed the fire tower with spectacular views to Boston, Fall River, Providence, and Buzzards Bay

Freetown State Forest Hike

TRIP DATE:      11-5-2014         
                 

TRIP LOCATION:          Freetown State Forest, Assonet, MA 

MEETING TIME:      10:00 am    

NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS (INCLUDING LEADERS): 16 
      

TOTAL HIKING TIME (IN HOURS):       4

LENGTH IN MILES:      6

TOTAL ELEVATION GAIN (IN FEET):    300

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

LEADER NAME(S):       Rick McNally

CO-LEADER NAME(S):

TRAILHEAD PARKING LOCATION & DESCRIPTION:    Forst Headquarter, 3 Labbridge Rd., Assonet

CAR SPOTTING REQUIRED?:   No                  TIME REQUIRED TO SPOT CARS:

WAS TRIP WITHING WHITE MOUNTAIN NATIONAL FOREST?  No    

PLEASE BRIEFLY DESCRIBE SPECIFIC TRAILS HIKED AND TRAIL CONDITIONS ENCOUNTERED:

Massasoit and Breakneck Trails and others to Profile Rock to Gasline to Old Stoney Acres Camp to Swim Hole, Gasline to parking

WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR HIKE:  50 degree drizzly and showers

OTHER COMMENTS (problems, views, terrain, etc.)  Crossed four unbridged wet areas.  Blowdowns on trail to Stoney Acres Cam.  No Incidents.