The New England Orienteering Club

Welcome to the 43rd Blue Hills Traverse

BHT mushroomsPost race hot soup: Judith Karpinski
Course setter: Jeff Saeger

There are 2 water stops, the first (at 6.7Km.) with cookies.
Four road crossings, please look and cross safely.

Please note two OUT OF BOUNDS areas marked on the maps.
The first is the golf course near the route from 2 to 3. Please do not run up onto the golf course as a route choice, (no marking in the terrain). It is OK to run in the woods adjacent to the golf course.
The second is at the bottom of the ski slopes, a construction area. It is marked off in the terrain.

A word about the course design.

There is one butterfly loop. The purpose of this is to break up the field of runners. Every runner will do both of the loops, but in different order. Therefore there is a common control in each set of loops. This control will be visited 3 times. Be careful that you follow the correct numerical sequence, and not the runners around you!

BHT butterfly ex

BHT sunsetMass start at 11am

You must arrange to carpool to the start, if you ride , please help your driver retrieve his/her car afterward.
Prizes will be awarded. (about 2pm.)
Prizes for all FINISHERS.
Please return to finish by 3:00 pm.

Directions to start

...about 10 minutes drive, and a 1 minute walk.
Left out of parking lot (illegal), or right, right at fork, next left, left at light, onto 138 south.
Right onto ramp for I93N Braintree/Boston.
Exit 6 to W. Quincy.
Left at end of ramp onto Granite St.
Left at second traffic light onto Wood Rd.
Park on left in DOT yard (or Woods Deli).
Start is trail on right across from DOT yard entrance.