Want to get outside this weekend, but don't want to give up on your weekend brunch with friends? Come make new friends and hike with us! This is also a great opportunity to practice delayering and test out your winter gear.

We are going to leave Cambridge around 8.30am on Saturday and drive to the Blue Hills reservation. We'll hike a loop of about 5 miles, with an easy 600 feet of elevation gain such as this one, but not necessarily this one: https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/massachusetts/blue-hills-skyline-loop?u=i

The weather seems to be good for Saturday but we will find mud and maybe ice on the trail - we'll follow up with more information in case we need spikes and if there's weather update.

There's going to be a pre-trip mandatory meeting on thursday before the mandatory lecture, you'll be able to rent gear then from the mitoc office. In particular you'll need warm layers and good waterproof shoes/boots : no sneakers!!! During the hike we will engage in the fine winter arts of layering and de-layering, and indulge heavily in the triangle of happiness (eat, drink, pee). We will take a break at the end of our hike to cook and enjoy together some good ramen and meet new people and friends. We'll coordinate on purchasing and carrying the ingredients during the pre-trip meeting!