Tuesday, April 30, 2024, 10:00AM - 2:00PM
Blue Hills Reservation,
Massachusetts, Southeast,
MA
Please join us for our Spring Moderate Conditioning Hike Series #4 at Blue Hills. The series will run weekly on Tuesday mornings from April 9th through May 28th and is designed to get participants in shape for moderate summer hiking activities. If you are ready to condition for more strenuous NH mountain hikes, you may want to review the SEM Blue Hills Spring Intermediate Conditioning hike series; and if you are new to hiking, you may want to check out our Spring Season Hiking in the Blue Hills Reservation: An Introduction or Refresher. Our Spring Moderate Conditioning Hike Series is limited to 18 participants, in addition to leaders. Participants will need to register for each hike when it is posted. Participants should be in reasonably good shape with recent hiking experience. This is a progressive series. Each week we will add some mileage and/or elevation gain. As the weeks progress, we will end later in the day. The goal is that by the end of the series, participants will be ready to hike the Skyline End to End (one way) about 8 miles with an elevation gain of up to 1,700 feet at a moderate pace as a group but at the pace of the slowest hiker in the group with a few breaks at viewpoints and landmarks along the way. Participants should wear sturdy footwear, a backpack, clothing suitable for hiking (no cotton), 2 liters of water, lunch or snacks, bug spray and sunscreen. Trekking poles are optional but recommended. Hikes may be cancelled in the event of heavy rain. Registration is required for each weekly hike. Participants do not need to attend each session. AMC membership is not required but you will need to set up a free AMC online account if you do not already have one. Confirmed participants will be sent driving directions and the meeting area a few days before the hike.
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Confirmed participants will be sent driving directions and the meeting area a few days before the hike.
