Name: Trailside, Great Blue via Red, Skyline mixed trails 6+ mi. Orange blaze required
Start: 2024-11-20T09:30:00-05:00
End: 2024-11-20T12:00:00-05:00

Hunting is taking place. Orange blaze or bright colored clothing required.

Fast pace. Hilly climbs on Skyline up to Great Blue, mixed trails back to Great Blue and down Red Dot to Trailside lot. Nonstop except for delayering and water breaks. From TRAILSIDE museum lot for six plus miles.

You should be comfortable with going uphilll nonstop on rocky terrain. Pace will be strong moderate to advanced. Experience hiking on rocky terrain similar to the Blue Hills is required. If I have not hiked with you previously, please provide information about your recent experience with similar hike.

Please bring a pack with about 1 liters of water or other drink, preferably with electrolytes.. Also recommended: snacks for endurance energy, sun screen. (Permethrin sprayed and allowed to dry on your boots and clothing is the most effective re ticks; it should not be applied directly to your skin.) Non cotton clothing and appropriate shoes - hiking boots preferred. Hiking poles are also helpful for stability.

Please do not attend if you have any flu-like symptoms or have been exposed to a COVID+ individual.

By signing up and/or attending an Blue Hills Hiking and Biking Club hike you agree to the Liability Waiver Below

Remember: I am a volunteer. You are responsible for your own safety and enjoyment. Please think of your me as fulfilling a social function in getting people together for this trip. I do not claim expertise in hiking safety, am not a guide, and do not hold myself out to have any medical expertise. While I try to plan a trip that will work for everyone and try to head off the problems that I can see and anticipate, you should not come on this trip if you would not feel able to safely complete this trip on your own or accompanied by a friend with the same level of experience as you have.

Liability Waiver: As a condition of your voluntary participation in this activity you acknowledge and agree to the following: this activity involves inherent risks that can cause property damage, injury, illness, disability, and/or death to participants and/or others; you assume all risk associated with this activity; you are responsible for having the necessary knowledge, skills, abilities, clothing, and equipment to safely participate in this activity; you know and will follow the Hiker Responsibility Code described at www.hikesafe.com(http://www.hikesafe.com/); the leader(s) of this activity are volunteers; and you for yourself, your heirs, executors, and administrators release, hold harmless, and indemnify the leader(s) and all members of this group from any and all claims for property damage, injury, illness, disability, and/or death - including those caused by negligence and/or other reasons

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Please provide your recent hikes in Blue Hills or similar hilly terrain at a relatively fast pace,  if I have not hiked with you before.Be specific, what other leaders have you hiked with.  Other types of aerobic exercise, etc.

Trailside, Great Blue via Red, Skyline mixed trails 6+ mi. Orange blaze required

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