Blue Hill 2021 Reports

Blue Hill Section Trail Work Reports – 2021

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Date	Name	Trail	Hours	Work	Volunteers	Remaining Work	Comments
2021-01-06	Chris Mullin	Jeffries Trail	0.5	brushing
2021-01-06	Chris Mullin	Accord Path	0.5	Helped to reduce standing water near junction with Coon Hollow, by removing fallen limbs and organic berm to allow water to flow over trail
2021-01-12	John O'Neill	Skyline Trail North	2	lopped pine branches from Headquarters (1186) to base of climb to tower (1063)		Remove encroaching small pine trees, most if not all drainage areas need maintenance, log bridge near 1063 needs replacement.	There are numerous areas along the trail where hikers (and bikers) are creating alternate pathways to avoid steep/wet/rocky/icy trail conditions.
2021-01-16	Bob Flagg	Skyline Trail South	1.5	Removed debris from the brook that runs along the trail near the intersection with the Wildcat Notch Path. Cleared smal trees and bushes to improve flow.		Continue to clean the debris further down the hill in the brook. Also need to look at replacement of the boardwalk that is in the areas as it is rotting and slippery when wet. Should also extend as a bridge across the brook.
2021-01-18	Mimi Kugler	Houghton Trail	2	Inspected the entire trail. Raked out all the drainage structures. Raked leaves off the trail in some areas.Removed litter. There are too many colorful plastic bags full of dog droppings.		In the spring, clean drainage structures again, and rebuild as needed. Brushing.
2021-01-18	Mimi Kugler	Houghton Hill Path	1.5	Inspected the entire trail. Raked out all the drainage structures.Raked leaves off the trail in some areas.		In the spring, rake out drainage structures again and rebuild as needed. Limited brushing.	There is a step over blowdown about 7 inched in diameter, on the west side of the loop in the trail.
2021-01-18	Mimi Kugler	Breakneck Ledge Path	2.5	Inspected the entire trail. Raked out all the drainage structures.Raked leaves off the trail in some areas.Removed litter. There are too many colorful plastic bags full of dog droppings.		In the spring, rake out all the drainage structures again, and rebuild as necessary.
2021-01-09	James Green	Coon Hollow Path	6	Brushing and water bar maintenance lower half of trail. Initiated removal of large downed tree near trailhead. Require better equipment to finish work. Will return to complete required work.	Daniel Green, James Green	Downed tree at trailhead requires better equipment. Will return to complete.	Trail very busy with hikers and cyclists.
2021-01-23	James Green	Coon Hollow Path	7.5	Removed large downed tree from trailhead.	Daniel Green, James Green
2021-03-01	Mike Prokosch	Hemenway Hill Path	1	Cleared minor blowdowns. Cleared two water bars on either downslope from the Jeffries Trail intersection, tree 1154. Both seem to have been filled in deliberately, one with brush, one with stone. Was that our doing?		Between 1140 and 1154 a pine snapped off. It's leaning over the trail, supported by a live 4"-6" dia. hardwood. Feels solid now but you could call it a safety hazard. I could take it out with a bow saw; chain saw quicker (I don't have chain saw certification and won't take action in any case without a go-ahead). Also between 1140 and 1154, I'd propose a new water bar above a slowly eroding section. There's a spring / groundwater just below an existing water bar, so that isn't stopping erosion. I'm happy to build it with whatever supervision.
2021-02-28	Dan Slavin	Skyline Trail South	1	Cleared a heavy fallen tree from South Skyline near the Wildcat junction. Other light trail maintenance and branch/tree clearing along the trail.	Bob Flagg
2021-03-03	Mike Prokosch	Houghton Path	2	removed minor blowdowns. No hazards.	Becky Pierce
2021-03-26	Steve Murphy	Brookwood Trail	1.25	Inspected the entirety of the Brookwood Trail. Raked out 3 water runoff bars. Cleared one small pine tree that was canopied over the trail and about to blow down. No other obstructions on the trail. No trash on the trail!
2021-03-21	Anna MacDougall	Half Way Path	1.3	Trail was pretty clean. Just had to remove a few small branches off the trail			Did not see or hear any wildlife.
2021-03-31	Dexter Robinson	Skyline Trail West	4	Spring cleanup - removed debris: sand, leaves, branches from the trail. Cleaned out water bars. Picked up trash.	Jim Pickel	Need to cover the trail section along the Eliot Circle trail to Eliot Tower	Blazes in this section appear untampered with unlike what has happened on the north and south Skyline trails.
2021-04-14	Dexter Robinson	Skyline Trail West	0.5	Completed checking my section from 1030 to Eliot Tower. Picked up and disposed of trash.		Re-blazing the entire adopted section
2021-04-15	Judy Jacobs	Wolcott Path	9	Raked side ditches from Headquarters for about a 1/4 mile.	Jennie Li, Randy Wambold, Caissie Tetu	The ditch continues on Walcott.	Volunteers were from Definitive Healthcare.
2021-04-10	Kenny Voshell	Skyline Trail South	3	Cleaned all grade reversals of debris. Picked up trash along trail. Used loppers to clear branches overhanging on trail. Work done on full length of south skyline.
2021-04-22	Judy Jacobs	Wolcott Path	10	Raked marker 1160.	Paul Duffey, Jeeva Sivaprakasam, Amanda Reid, Narenda Prasad	There's more raking on Walcott.
2021-04-23	Dexter Robinson	Skyline Trail West	4	Re-blazed entire adopted section both directions. Removed fallen dead tree near Rt. 138		Some cleanup on stone stairs from recent storms
2021-04-24	Bob Flagg	Border Path	16.5	Cleaned culvert at Unquity Rd trailhead to remove small trees growing in ditch and other debris; remove debris from side ditch between 1175 and 1165 cutoff; clean three grade reversals west of 1165.1	Amanda Ford, Greg Ford, Thomas Richard, Matthew Richard
2021-04-24	Joe Woodman	Eustis Trail	16.5	Removed downed trees and branches from 3 outflow ditches west of 1166; cleaned two more grade reversals east of 1166.	Bill Card, Jon Morse, Ian McLachlan, Mary Blanchette	Two grade reversals closest to Chestnut Run Path end near good cleaning.
2021-04-24	Pete Tierney	Wolcott Path	9	Trash clean-up in and around the parking lots near the Trailside Museum on Route 138. Filled 10 trash bags and added large pieces of debris to pile for DCR pick-up.	Steve, Nadia, Bev	Still more trash in area
2021-04-24	Mimi Kugler	Breakneck Ledge Path	3.5	Raked out all drainage structures, reshaped grade reversals and rolling dip. Picked up one piece of trash, a discarded or lost mask.		More of the same, at least twice a year.
2021-04-27	Dexter Robinson	Skyline Trail North	5	From 1141 to 1063 removed excessive illegal dark blue paint from trees and rocks. Legal light blue blazes covered without overlap with dark blue paint left alone since this trail will be re-blazed soon with the correct light blue boundary paint. Did this work for travelling in both directions on this trail section.	Steve Tedeschi	The other section of the north skyline from 1141-1186 needs to be reviewed.	This trail section is over blazed in places plus many trees have blazes for both directions on the same tree. It is best to have only one blaze on a tree. Otherwise if the tree dies or goes down you lose 2 blazes.
2021-04-27	Judy Jacobs	Wolcott Path	16	We raked to the trail that comes out left after 1160.	Margaret Byrne, Daniel Pasquale, Audrey Iodice, Will Henderson, Christian Griffith, Zach Ronnow, Scott Salvucci	Still lots of raking.
2021-05-01	Judy Lehrer Jacobs	Wolcott Path	18	Raking up to about 1147.	Dominique Thomas, Taliah Gabriel, Isabelle Feloney, Sam Lawrence, Emma Weeber, Wendy Kelly, Leonice Bernard, Samantha Pincus	Additional raking on Walcott.
2021-05-05	Eric Hansen	Hancock Trail	1.5	Weather/conditions • Fog, intermittent light rain. 47 deg F, 98% humidity, wind 3 mph NW. Had been raining on/off for the past 24 hours so the trails were wet. Approx time spent: 1.5 hours Work done:• Picked up trash, seen mostly near the trailhead and summit area. • Brushed in a worn herd path that ran adjacent to Hancock Trail (NE), the length between Chestnut Run Path and Pipsissewa Path.• Brushed in a herd path running SE from Pipsissewa Path and intersecting higher up on Hancock Path. This likely developed due to a poorly placed blue blaze on a tree at a bend along the trail. I also placed logs/branches parallel to the proper trail to attempt to dissuade people from using the herd path.• Brushed in a perpendicular herd path running NW from Hancock Trail. • Where Hancock Tr intersects Hancock Hill Path, as one ascends there is a herd path almost directly across which later rejoins Hancock Tr in the ledgy spots. I brushed in the beginning of this path to reduce confusion and dissuade continued use. It may be helpful to place some sort of sign or arrow here to make it clear that the Hancock Tr proper continues further south along Hancock Hill Path.		To do’s: • Re-blaze, especially in rocky/ledgy areas between summit and Hancock Hill Path intersection.• Consider signage/arrow indicating where Hancock Tr runs overlapping Hancock Hill Path, then diverges again. This would dissuade use of the herd path in that area. • There is no intersection marker at Hancock Tr / Hancock Hill Path (south) intersection - one should be added here.	Saw an otter scampering across the street (close to Houghton Pond) as I was driving in.
2021-05-05	Eric Hansen	Circle Trail	1	Weather/conditions • Fog, intermittent light rain. 47 deg F, 98% humidity, wind 3 mph NW. Had been raining on/off for the past 24 hours so the trails were wet. Approx time spent: 1.0 hour Work done: • Picked up trash, seen mostly near the Hancock Hill summit area. • Cleared stream of leaves/sticks to improve flow and reduce seepage onto trail. • Cleared rock waterbar, adding some new rocks and building up the berm with dirt, tamping it down. Although it was raining (and had rained recently) there was no water flow observed in or above this spot. • Partially cleared outflow ditch of leaves and debris, observing the “medium size tree laying in ditch” that was noted in Dec 2015 report by Bob Flagg. The log can probably be pulled out of the ditch and off trail using straps and two or more people. That said, it did not appear to be significantly impeding flow at this time. • Noted several minor herd paths leaving Circle Tr heading running west towards the top of the “ridge”.		To do’s: • Remove medium size tree laying in ditch.
2021-05-05	Eric Hansen	Hancock Hill Path	1	picked up trash, seen mostly seen near the intersection with Skyline Tr. Raked/cleared trail of leaves/sticks on the east side of summit where there was standing water. This area does not drain very well and was wet/muddy in spots, with trail widening taking place due to people walking to the sides of the puddles. I noted a new/recent blowdown approx 0.1 miles north of Skyline intersection. It’s easily stepped over, but also fairly large and would require a crosscut saw, axe or chainsaw to remove. Brushed in a notable herd path that led west towards Hancock summit.		To do’s: Clear the new blowdown, 0.1 miles north of Skyline intersection. Revisit and continue any maintenance that I didn’t have time for. This is specifically along the last section (NE corner) after intersection with Hancock Tr (this is the semi-loop that crosses Breakneck Ledge Path and Chestnut Run Path.)
2021-05-08	Kenny Voshell	Skyline Trail South	3	Entirety of south skyline: cleared all drainage grade reversals, trimmed overhanging branches, picked up trash, laid sticks to direct traffic on trail near hillside rd.		1 large tree down near wildcat notch. Relatively easy to step over, but may want to have DCR cut it.
2021-05-08	John O'Neill	Skyline Trail North	3	Cleaned out/rebuilt 2 water bars/culverts, and created 1 water diversion channel between 1186 and 1172. Moved some downed limbs into a newly created treadway that has formed next to stairs at 1186. Added 2 drainage channels to help with ponding issue between 1141 and 1150. This ponding issue has resulted in a new treadway.		Water bars and other drainage areas between 1141 and 1063 need to be addressed.	Trees continue to fall due to erosion. The amount of trail pressure has resulted in newly created treadway between State Police and Eliot Tower, leading to erosion. Clear signage restricting bicycles needs to be added as there continues to be evidence of cycle use on this stretch of skyline.
2021-05-08	Bob Flagg	Chickadee Path (FBH)	1.5	Cleaned all grade reversals on trail, moved large treetrunk from ditch near beginning of trail at 1085.
2021-05-08	Bob Flagg	Puddle Path	1.25	Cleaned all grade reversals and culvert on trail.
2021-05-25	Eric Hansen	Hancock Hill Path	1	Checked all the herd paths that I had previously brushed in, they’re still obscured with no new visible foot traffic. (Good news!) Additional dumplings of leaves will help seal the deal. Also scouted out for reblazing on ledge/rocky upper sections of trails near the summit.		Re-blaze, especially in rocky/ledgy areas between summit and Hancock Hill Path intersection.
2021-05-25	Eric Hansen	Circle Trail	1	Removed a fresh blowdown near the intersection of Circle and Skyline. Checked on section of trail close to running draining on west side; still a little muddy and moist, and I’m sure the soil is compacted. Trail is being widened there due to people wanting to avoid the mud. Could use a helping of crushed stone to keep people center of trail and reduce further damage. Removed the “medium size tree laying in ditch” that was noted in Dec 2015 report by Bob Flagg; cleaned out that drainage from leaves and debris.		Continue to monitor muddy spot and consider adding some self-crushed stone.
2021-05-25	Eric Hansen	Hancock Hill Path	1	Picked up trash. Removed the large/heavy blowdown as previously noted approx 0.1 miles north of Skyline intersection. Removed a fresh blowdown at 42.2214, -71.0930 near the bottom of the trail as it loops around to Chestnut Run Path. I’m actually not sure if this is Hancock Hill Path, but either way it’s clear now.
2021-05-09	John O'Neill	Skyline Trail North	2	Filled downed brush into newly formed cut off trail at 1092. Cleaned out water bar on Coon Hollow just above junction at 1092. Attempted to create channels to allow water to flow through and out of the boggy area (log bridge) between 1092 and base of Wolcott hill.		Numerous water bars need to be rebuilt/cleaned out or added.	Log bridge mentioned above needs replacement, blazes need to be repainted. Newly formed trail short cuts should be filled in with brush. Proper signage for bicycle use should be placed at appropriate intersections.
2021-06-05	Bob Flagg	Summit Trail	56	Cleaned long side ditch running almost length of trail, cleaned and reshapped two grade reversals near Summit Rd, removed debris blocking culvert at the Green Dot Trail, cleared lots of debris from small brook that runs along edge of parking lot.	Chris Spiegel, Daniel Slavin, Jodie Davis, Jim Del Monaco, Beverly Anderson, Steve Hern, Suzanne Furgal, Mimi Kugler, Tim Sidor, Ruth Bigio, Farley Sullivan, Joe Woodman, Bill Card, Erik Barrios, Mark Buckle	The brook needs further cleaning upstream toward Trailside Museum and downstream. Several large logs need removal - might need rope. Wait until late summer when the flow in brook is greatly reduced.	National Trails Day!!
2021-06-08	John O'Neill	Skyline Trail North	22	re-blazed trail in both directions		regarding blaze work, there may be a few blazes that need to be added.
2021-06-06	Anna MacDougall	Half Way Path	1.5	removed some small tree branches and had to take down one over the trail tree branch		will need to rake out the two reverses	no wildlife sighted
2021-06-12	Judy Lehrer Jacobs	Wolcott Path	20	Raked side ditch from about 1160 to 1147. They were deepening the ditch and also cutting back brush.	Rebecca Katz, Melika Uter, JT Shepple, Christopher Bope, Elisabeth Campbell, Molly Behan, Kate Oetheimer, Chaoran Xie	Can continue to deepen the ditches on Walcott Path.	This was a young adult group from AMC.
2021-06-24	Dexter Robinson	Skyline Trail West	3.5	Cleaned water bars. Painted an additional blaze on a rock near Rt. 138. Picked up trash. Removed several large rocks from the tread way. Did an extensive amount of brushing,		Continue brushing section that coincides with Eliot Circle trail
2021-06-11	Judy Lehrer Jacobs	Wolcott Path	20	Raked side ditch around 1147.	Rebecca Katz, Melika Uter, JT Shepple, Christopher Bope, Elisabeth Campbell, Molly Behan, Kate Oetheimer, Chaoran Xie	Continue to rake ditch.
2021-06-18	Judy Lehrer Jacobs	Skyline Trail West	6	Pulled black swallow wort with Ale Echandi by the Observatory. She was spraying and cutting with a crew the next day and wanted us to remove the pods beforehand.	Lisa Covais, David Walsh, S. Walsh
2021-07-01	Tim Finocchio	Coon Hollow Path	3	Hi - the Coon Hollow Path could use some brushing starting where the trail begins off Hill Side St.		Hi - the Coon Hollow Path could use some brushing starting where the trail begins off Hill Side St.
2021-07-01	Tim Finocchio	Rotch Path	3	The Rotch Path needs brushing.		The Rotch Path needs brushing.
2021-07-01	Judy Lehrer Jacobs	Wolcott Path	15	Raked out culvert near 1147. Corporate group from Medtronic.	Thomas Stovall,Ana Mullin, Colin Bishop, Sergio Guindo, Renee King, Michael Murphy, Keith Greim, John Staheli, Deeksha Mathur
2021-07-14	Dexter Robinson	Skyline Trail West	2.5	Completed brushing section of trail that coincides with the Eliot Circle Trail		None
2021-07-01	Tim Finocchio	Rotch Path	3	The Rotch Path needs brushing.		The Rotch Path needs brushing.
2021-07-17	Joe Woodman	Hancock Hill Path	10.5	Cleaned three grade reversals at the end closest to near 1204.	Ruth Bigio, Marnie Bolstad
2021-07-17	Bob Flagg	Hemenway Hill Path	14	Cleaned grade reversals from 1203 to grade reversal past culvert near 1178.	Joanne Newton, Alok Kant, Mark Buckle, Lora Golann, Tim Sidor, Karen Glover
2021-07-17	Bob Flagg	Base Path	7.5	Cleaned drainage structures from Chestnut Run Path to just past Hancock Hill Path.	Joanne Newton, Alok Kant, Mark Buckle, Lora Golann, Tim Sidor, Karen Glover
2021-07-17	Bob Flagg	Chestnut Run Path	3	Reestablished grade reversal near the top of the stairs coming up from the parking area at 1203. Water comes pouring down toward the parking area but is now directed away from lot at the top of the stairs.	Joanne Newton, Alok Kant, Mark Buckle, Lora Golann, Tim Sidor, Karen Glover	The stairs from the parking lot are not being used and folks are walking up a dirt slope. It would be great to install stairs in this dirt slope area. Also will repair the guardrail broken in the lot area.
2021-08-12	Mihika Singh	Accord Path	3.5	According to the map provided during training, and the on-site map, I worked from where it said "5321" to "5175". I went through a trail called "Acton Path", although that wasn't an option to select above so I just selected something else.
2021-08-14	Ruth Bigio	Border Path	6	Brushed trail from Wolcott Path to 1114.	Marnie Bolstad
2021-08-14	Bob Flagg	Wolcott Path	12	Reestablished grade reversal at the top of the hill near the side trail that connects to Wildcat near 1115. Also started work on second grade reversal east of the structure above.	Dan Slavin, Nancy McCusker, Patricia Cohen, Sandy Goldstein	Need to dig in another rock or two in the second structure to prevent water by-passing the structure.	Dan actually lead the project.
2021-08-14	Bob Flagg	Wildcat Notch Path	15	Gave good clean including long outflow for two structures above 1115, also cleaned culvert at 1115 to remove lots of built-up sand and debris in outflow.	Farley Sullivan, Joseph Nelson, Jen Mehigan, Sabrina Huang
2021-09-14	Chris Murphy	Base Path	3	Action trail around to Ponkapoag trail. Looking for invasive species		Section by 5382
2021-09-14	Chris Murphy	Base Path	3	Action trail around to Ponkapoag trail. Looking for invasive species		Section by 5382
2021-09-19	Mike Prokosch	Houghton Path	0.75	Inspected the trail and cleared minor debris from waterbars -- they should be good for another season.		Lots of erosion as the trail drops to Hillside St. A new waterbar will be a challenge (steep sides along trail) but I'd like to build one in November or December, with crew or solo under appropriate supervision.
2021-09-19	Mike Prokosch	Hemenway Hill Path	0.5	Inspected trail and cleared minor debris from waterbars.		I need to come back with a shovel and clear the runout on one waterbar near Bartol Path.
2021-09-19	Bob Flagg	Chestnut Run Path	7	Replaced broken guardrail at parking area at 1203. Needed to cut piece to fit properly.	Joe Woodman
2021-09-27	Dexter Robinson	Skyline Trail West	1.25	Removed debris from trail, cleaned 2 water bars, cleaned gravel off stone stairs, picked up trash		None. Trail is in good shape
2021-10-02	Dexter Robinson	Accord Path	7.5	Brushed, pickup up litter, and moved several downed trees off the trail. Covered section from Hillside Street to about 500 feet before Five Corners Path.	Earl Fay, Jennifer Mehigan	Continue working west on the trail from where we left off.
2021-10-02	Dexter Robinson	Houghton Trail	1.5	Brushed and picked up trash in the section from Hillside St. to Accord Path	Earl Fay, Jennifer Mehigan
2021-10-09	Bob Flagg	Skyline Trail South	1.5	Walked trail from Hillside St trailhead to 1123 cleaning grade reversals and light brushing.			Trail in good shape.
2021-10-09	Bob Flagg	Coon Hollow Path	1	Light cleaning of grade reversals from 1123 to Hillside St. Also cleaned debris out of small brook near Hillside St to improve flow.
2021-10-29	Ruth Bigio	Coon Hollow Path	4	Blowdown on Coon Hollow Path, near marker #1123. After this week's Nor'Easter, I encountered a sizable blowdown on Skyline Trail (Coon Hollow Path) yesterday. Skyline is heavily used.	Marnie Bolstad, Nancy Dimock, William Manley, Kenneth Pariser, Rita My, Mikal Rosendahl, Elizabeth Meyer	We cleared the path, it looks clean. Some thicker branches could be cut back further but with only handsaws, it will take extra time and effort. With chainsaws it could be done quickly. But there are many blowdowns from the Nor'Easter and we should concentrate our efforts to quickly remove as many as possible.
2021-10-29	Daniela Maffeo	Houghton Hill Path	3	I naturalist invasive species identification
2021-11-08	Anna MacDougall	Half Way Path	1.5	Removed down tree form across the path, removed lots of small branches, will need to rake out to reverses		Just to rake out two reverses	Big down tree as to enter from the parking lot will need a chair saw and two guys
2021-11-11	James Green	Coon Hollow Path	6	Brushing and removal of downed limbs.	Daniel Green	Waterbars need routine maintenance; will return to accomplish this.	trail very busy with holiday hikers
2021-11-13	Richard Fontecchio	Hancock Hill Path	3	Repairing drainage barriers, removing downed branches, and removing leaves and other debris from drainage culverts.		More branches and downed trees need to be removed, reason being they were too large for hand saws.
2021-11-20	Bob Flagg	Wildcat Notch Path	0.25	Removed part of tree truck blocking grade reversal near intersection with Accord Path.		Large tree trunk blocking outflow on grade reversal, needs to be removed with chainsaw.
2021-11-20	Bob Flagg	Half Way Path	2	Walked full length of trail cleaning two culverts and grade reversals. Remove branches from trail.
2021-11-20	Bob Flagg	Houghton Path	1.25	Cleared two large tree crowns near 1147.		The trail is passable for foot traffic but the remaining portion of one of the trees needs to be removed to allow motor vehicle traffic.
2021-11-20	Mimi Kugler	Houghton Trail	1	Inspected the entire trail. Three out of four drainage structures had recently been thoroughly cleared; thank you to whoever did that! The other one was cleared on this trip. Removal of fallen branches from the trail. Brushing. Leaf raking where they were thickest.		More leaf raking on this steep trail. Cutting back the pesky greenbriars, again...
2021-11-22	Pete Tierney	Puddle Path	2	Large tree fallen across trail between intersections 1105 and 1103. Removed 90% of tree so trail is passable. Two step-overs need to be removed with two people to cut and carry.		See above
2021-12-03	Bob Quinn	Breakneck Ledge Path	0.5	Cut back recently fallen limbs from side of trail. Between #1178 and #1180		remaining limbs across trail are a hazard as they could fall down. a chain saw and a skilled sawyer needed to remove hazard
2021-12-03	Bob Quinn	Pipsissewa Path (FBH)	1	removed limb blocking trail and removed some litter
2021-12-03	Bob Quinn	Dalton Path	1.25	1. cleared limbs blocking trail. 2 cut back limbs so as to clear entire trail width of hazards
2021-12-03	Bob Quinn	Pipsissewa Path (FBH)	0.1	none		there are three trees across trail that require a chain saw to remove.
2021-12-03	Ruth Bigio	Eliot Path (FBH)	3	Repainted faded red dots and added extra dots where needed.	Ellen Barr	We plan to repaint entire red dot trail up to GBH and down via Abigail Adams trail.	Ellen Barr recently moved to the area. She started to hike in the Blue Hills and got lost up to Eliot Tower on the red dot trail. She decided the markings were not clear and offered to repaint them. Tom Bender suggested I help her (since I had repainted all red and green dot trails a couple of years ago).
2021-12-03	Ruth Bigio	Coon Hollow Path	0.5	Repainted red dots on Coon Hollow Path from Eliot Tower (#1055) to #1082.		This section is now part of the Abigail Adams trail, will continue to beginning of AA trail.
2021-12-03	Ruth Bigio	Trailside Path (FBH)	0.5	Repainting red dots from #1082 to crossing with Summit road. This section is part of Abigail Adams Trail.		Continue painting red dots to bottom of hill. This is part of Abigail Adams Trail.
2021-12-03	Ruth Bigio	Cliff Trail (FBH)	0.5	Repaint, refresh red dots from Summit Road down to where Abigail Adams trail joins with Eliot Path (FBH). Entire red dots up and down are now in decent shape (I ran out of paint at bottom of AA Trail but that is also the place where DCR used red plastic disks to mark the trail. Work done for the season, it is too cold to paint!
2021-12-11	Mimi Kugler	Houghton Hill Path	2	Inspected the entire trail. Raked out all drainage structures including the outflow ditches. Removed fallen branches from the trail.
2021-12-11	Mimi Kugler	Breakneck Ledge Path	3	Inspected the entire trail. Raked out all drainage structures including the outflow ditches. Removed fallen branches from the trail.		There is a step-over treetop blowdown that has three branches across the trail just north of the North Skyline Trail crossing. There is another step-over blowdown north of the Hemmenway Hill Path crossing. These should be removed when possible.