blue hills

[bike187]

seeing how opening day for blue hills is the 15th, has anybody hiked around there to see how the trails are? i figure cause the rockiness, it wouldn't be too bad, but there's usually some washout grooves early in the season

[Mr Magoo]

This is home field for me. I ride from my house. BH drains perfectly. The only potential harm here is with frost heaves which have not been a factor for over a month. MDC (old name) is a bit overprotective using 4/15, but I comply. Hit it for sure after you file your taxes on Friday. Ironically, I rode Lynn Woods on opening day last year.
Better than Fenway opening day.

[titus1]

Blue Hills my backyard as well.

Pretty wet in flat sections and some trails with vertical have been converted to stream beds as of late.

A few blow-downs (fallen logs) in places so be careful whipping around a blind curve. A few wash-outs as well, but nothing you can't get around.

As I posted in another area - would wait till this Sunday (4/18) to ride as there is still a lot of water draining off the hills.

[bike187]

got out to ride today, about 15 miles throughout the bluehills. the trails i went on still had a few mud spots but were overall very rideable. there are a few runoff ditches that could cause some problems if you hit them the wrong way, but it's still very rideable, just make sure to ride through the mud/puddles and not around them.
i went around the advanced loop, then up te service road to the tower, down coon hollow, then the intermedate loop. i think the marked loops have been changed from the last bluehills mtb day, but they very nice.