• Guided Lodge to Hut Trips:  popular multi-night explorations led by experienced AMC Naturalist Guides with travel at an easy pace for maximum discovery. Trips cover local cultural and natural history of the White Mountains with a unique focus on the history and experience of the legendary AMC huts. View a complete schedule>>

• Hiking.  Sign up for White Mountain Guide and view the trails around the huts for free!  With a paid subscription, you can see detailed trail descriptions, do route finding, download a route to GPS, and more.  Our knowledgeable can also assist with local conditions, trip planning.
• Day Hikes from AMC Huts (times listed are for round trip to/from hut):
  
  • Lonesome Lake: Around-Lonesome-Lake Trail (30 minutes); North Kinsman Mtn.(4,293 feet) (4 hours); Cannon Mountain (4,100 feet) (4 hours)
  • Greenleaf: Mt. Lafayette (5,260 feet) (2 hours)
  • Galehead: Galehead Mountain (4.024 feet) (1 hour)
  • Zealand Falls: Thoreau Falls (3 hours); Zeacliff (2 hours); Mt Hale (2 hours)
  • Mizpah Spring: Mt. Pierce (4,310 feet) (1 hour); Mt. Jackson (4,052 feet) (2 hours)
  • Lakes of the Clouds: Mt. Washington (6,288 feet) and the Alpine Garden (3 hours); Mt. Monroe (45 minutes)
  • Madison Spring: Mt. Madison (5,367 feet) (1.5 hours); Mt. Adams (5,744 feet) via Star Lake (1.5 hours)
  • Carter Notch: Carter Dome (4,832 feet) (3 hours); Wildcat Mtn. (4,422 feet) (2 hours)
    
    
• Swimming and Wading: cool off at Lonesome Lake and the small Carter Lakes, or in the waterfalls at Zealand Hut

• Fishing: both the remote Lonesome Lake and the Carter Lakes are periodically stocked with Eastern Brook Trout – NH Fishing License required

• Daily Green Technology and Natural History and Stewardship talks by our hut naturalists, before and after dinner.  Learn about alternative energy and sustainable operations at our huts, and learn more about the ecosystems around the huts

• Jr. Naturalist Program for Kids – kids staying at the huts have a chance to earn a Jr. Naturalist patch and be recognized by our hut crew by completing activities in the Jr. Naturalist workbook

• Volunteer as a “citizen scientist” for Mountain Watch: contribute to our understanding of climate change by picking up a kit at any hut and making observations about alpine flowers and visibility along the trail! Learn more>>
  

 Winter/Spring (Self-Service Season)

• Backcountry skiing and snowshoeing: Lonesome Lake, Zealand Falls, and Carter Notch huts are open in winter during caretaker season.  Lonesome and Carter are best with snowshoes; Zealand offers a relatively flat access road and trail in winter.  Learn more about huts in winter>>