As Massachusetts voters head to the polls this November, they have a generational opportunity to shape the future of the outdoors. Ballot Question 6 holds the key to cleaner water, healthier forests, and more accessible...
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Jean Camuso’s connection to AMC’s High Mountain Huts started over 40 years ago, when she took her two young sons on a hike to Lonesome Lake. From early adventures (including a memorable mid-trail “strike” that was swiftly resolved with peanut…
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It’s my first time at an AMC High Mountain Hut and I’m standing in the middle of Lakes of the Clouds dining hall, soaking it all in: the sweeping views of the White Mountains, the bright wooden…
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From New Hampshire’s Mount Moosilauke to Vermont’s Mount Equinox, AMC Postdoctoral Research Fellow Morgan Southgate is gearing up to spend early spring days in the forest, watching for the season’s first wildflowers to appear. By…
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Nothing says “I love you” like breaking trail, offering up your stash of trail mix M&M’s, or cheering each other up a mountain. For so many in the AMC community, the trailhead has been the…
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Update February 13, 2026 — Yesterday, the Environmental Protection Agency finalized its decision to revoke the endangerment finding, the scientific and common-sense determination that greenhouse gas emissions harm human health and the environment. Without it,…
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Help the Appalachian Mountain Club permanently protect the Whitecap Highlands Forest, a 29,500-acre, ecologically significant landscape in the heart of Maine’s 100-Mile Wilderness. The Whitecap Highlands Forest lies immediately north of AMC’s recently protected Barnard…
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I can hear the yips and howls as soon as I pull into the parking lot of the Leisure Life Resort in Greenville, Maine. The snow-covered staging area is a mess of wagging tails, lolling tongues, prancing paws with little booties on them. Volunteers wearing…
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Long before chairlifts and crowded resorts defined winter recreation, skiers were climbing mountains under their own power, carving turns down forested slopes, logging roads, and alpine ravines across New England and New York. From Scandinavian…
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As we step into our 150th year, the Appalachian Mountain Club is rooting into something that has guided us from the beginning: optimism. The outdoors faced real challenges in 2025, yet our community showed up with courage…
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