Plan Your Trip

Let the AMC help you plan your trip, from packing your gear to how to best conquer those 4,000 footers!

Prepare Your Gear
Review AMC gear recommendations, and check out the latest gear tips from AMC Outdoors:

• Backpacking & Hiking
• Camping
• Paddling
• Snow Sports
• Family Outings
• Gear Talk Bulletin Board 

Review Our Safety Notes
It's never too soon to think about safety! Learn in advance about the potential hazards of your adventure and what you should do to prevent them:

• HikeSafe - Know the Code!
• The 10 essentials for a safe and pleasant hike
• Food and drink for the trail
• Dehydration
• Backcountry drinking water
• Bears
• Getting lost
• Hunting season
• Hypothermia
• Itinerary
• Footcare
• Whitewater paddling safety
• Avalanches

Learn a Skill

• AMC Explorations: These professionally led, all-inclusive workshops will help you learn new outdoor skills or enhance current ones.
• Chapter-Led Workshops: Many chapters offer volunteer-led skills workshops, and may include instructional sessions closer to home or on weekday evenings.

Learn to Lead Trips

• Group Trip Planning Basics
• Mountain Leadership School — Now in its 46th year, MLS teaches participants how to lead safely, effectively, and with minimal impact in the backcountry through intensive, hands-on training.
• Consult our AMC Guide to Outdoor Leadership for advice on how to best lead your group.