Welch-Dickey Summer Series Hike

TRIP DATE: Saturday, June 27, 2015                          

TRIP LOCATION: Welch & Dickey, Waterville Valley, NH.                

MEETING TIME: 845 AM                   

NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS (INCLUDING LEADERS): 18

TOTAL HIKING TIME (IN HOURS): 5.5 hrs.

LENGTH IN MILES: 4.4 miles

TOTAL ELEVATION GAIN (IN FEET):    1650 ft.

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

LEADER NAME(S):       Bob Vogel

CO-LEADER NAME(S): Joshua Tefft

TRAILHEAD PARKING LOCATION & DESCRIPTION:    Welch & Dickey Trailhead; Double tier dirt lot with restrooms (pit toilets). 

CAR SPOTTING REQUIRED?:     No                    TIME REQUIRED TO SPOT CARS: None

WAS TRIP WITHIN WHITE MOUNTAIN NATIONAL FOREST?  Yes

BRIEFLY DESCRIBE SPECIFIC TRAILS HIKED AND TRAIL CONDITIONS ENCOUNTERED:
Welch-Dickey loop trail was the only trail used.  The trail was wooded in sections, and rock slabs in others.  The trail was mostly dry except for a small water crossing in the beginning of our counter-clockwise loop.

WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR HIKE:

Beautiful sunshine all day, with low humidity.

6-27-2015 Welch-Dickey Summer Loop Hike

TRIP DATE:                  6-27-2015       

TRIP LOCATION:          Welch-Dickey Summer Loop Hike

   

MEETING TIME:                      

NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS (INCLUDING LEADERS): 8       

  

TOTAL HIKING TIME (IN HOURS):    

  

LENGTH IN MILES:    

  

TOTAL ELEVATION GAIN (IN FEET):   

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

LEADER NAME(S):       Bob Vogel (plus four other leaders)

CO-LEADER NAME(S):

TRAILHEAD PARKING LOCATION & DESCRIPTION:    Welch-Dickey Trail partking area

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

WAS TRIP WITHING WHITE MOUNTAIN NATIONAL FOREST?  Yes    

Summer Hiking Series #1 Makeup Hike - 6-14-2015

TRIP DATE:      June 14, 2015
                  
TRIP LOCATION      Blue Hills
    
WAS TRIP CANCELLED? (y/n):  N

MEETING TIME: 10:00 AM
     
NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS (INCLUDING LEADERS):  6
       
TOTAL HIKING TIME (IN HOURS):    4.5 hrs.
 
LENGTH IN MILES:   7.0 mi.

TOTAL ELEVATION GAIN (IN FEET): 1,545

DIFFICULTY:      B        (A=very strenuous; B=strenuous; C=average; D=easy)
 
LEADER NAME(S):     Bob Vogel
 
CO-LEADER NAME(S):     Bill Sullivan, Marie Peeler
 
TRAILHEAD PARKING LOCATION & DESCRIPTION: South parking lot by Trailside Museum Route 138
 
CAR SPOTTING REQUIRED?: Y (‘Just in case’ car) TIME REQUIRED TO SPOT CARS:  10

WAS TRIP WITHING WHITE MOUNTAIN NATIONAL FOREST? No

WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR HIKE:  Sunny and breezy with temps in the 70’s.

OTHER COMMENTS (problems, views, terrain, etc.)  “Make-Up” hike for Hike #1 of Summer series. Two new hikers from Workshop participated.
 
We hiked the same route as original hike. Trailside/Great Blue/South Skyline. Marie Peeler was having vision problems (cloudy vision in one eye, which decreased her depth perception), related to an ongoing issue from eye surgery a couple years ago. She (and her husband) had decided to bail at Hillside and hike back via Walcott Path. Just before we reached Hillside Steve Drown slipped and fell descending the steep rocks on the South Skyline. He got a small cut on his left arm, which he cleaned and put a Band-Aid on. Also some ‘road rash’ under his shirt. We offered Steve the option of A) Continuing, B) Hiking back to the car with Marie & Jerry or C) Getting a ride back in Bill’s car (which we had spotted at the lot opposite the State Police Barracks.) He chose to walk back with Marie and Jerry.  (I ‘deputized’ Marie as a CL at that point and allowed her to lead the group back. [FYI: Marie, although she hasn’t been around much lately, has been hiking with SEM since 1999 when she moved out here, and has hiked at the Blue Hills a lot.]

Bill and I continued with our one other ‘new hiker’ to Tucker, and back via the North Skyline to Great Blue and Red Dot back down to the S. Trailside parking lot.
 
Marie emailed to confirm that they got back to their cars without issue, and Steve emailed this eve that he is sore and scraped up, but wants to continue hiking.

Summer Series Hike #1 - Blue Hills - 5-30-2015

TRIP DATE:      May 30, 2015
                   
TRIP LOCATION      Blue Hills
  
WAS TRIP CANCELLED? (y/n):  N

MEETING TIME: 10:00 AM
   
NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS (INCLUDING LEADERS):  14
     
TOTAL HIKING TIME (IN HOURS):    app. 5.0 hrs.

LENGTH IN MILES:   7.0 mi.

TOTAL ELEVATION GAIN (IN FEET): 1,545
        
DIFFICULTY:      B        (A=very strenuous; B=strenuous; C=average; D=easy)

LEADER NAME(S):            Barry Young, Walt Granda, Bob Vogel (IR), Paul Miller

CO-LEADER NAME(S):     

TRAILHEAD PARKING LOCATION & DESCRIPTION: South parking lot by Trailside Museum Route 138
 
CAR SPOTTING REQUIRED?:    N                      TIME REQUIRED TO SPOT CARS:

WAS TRIP WITHING WHITE MOUNTAIN NATIONAL FOREST? No
 
IF YES TO ABOVE, DESCRIBE SPECIFIC TRAILS HIKED AND TRAIL CONDITIONS ENCOUNTERED:

WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR HIKE:  Sunny with temps in the 80’s.

OTHER COMMENTS (problems, views, terrain, etc.)  Six new AMC hikers joined the group as part of the Summer Hiking Series.   Route was selected to prepare hikers for those who wish to pursue more challenging hikes in NH.  Route was Red Dot to South Skyline Loop, Skyline out to Tucker and back to headquarters building, then the North Skyline Loop to Red Dot to parking area.