At AMC, we’re nothing without our passionate volunteer community. We say it so often, it can sound cliche—but that’s because it’s true. Volunteers share their passion and knowledge with their communities and show others what…
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AMC Volunteers in Their Own Words
At AMC, we’re nothing without our passionate volunteer community. We say it so often, it can sound cliche—but that’s because it’s true. Volunteers share their passion and knowledge with their communities and show others what...
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This interview originally appeared in the AMC New Hampshire Chapter’s Spring 2024 Mountain Passages newsletter. What is the origin/history of the archives at AMC? Having an official club Archive is a fairly recent thing for…
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In science, simple narratives are hard to come by. Dijit Taylor, AMC’s first female director of research, has a good one. When her team relocated parts of the Crawford Path to preserve Robbins’ cinquefoil (Potentilla…
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Welcome to one of the oldest, coldest parties in New England: powder day on Tuckerman Ravine. Skiers from far and wide travel to the Pinkham Notch Visitor Center and skin (skiing with attached traction for…
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On the sixth floor of the Appalachian Mountain Club’s headquarters in Boston is a treasure trove of gear. But it’s not for most AMC members. Nor is it even for AMC staff. It’s for teachers…
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April 11, 1934: It was relatively warm on the summit of Mount Washington. Below freezing, but not by much. But more comfortable temperatures were not a reason for relief for the staff of the Mount…
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Want to learn to bake like AMC’s famed hut Croo? Croo members are the seasonal staff working in the backcountry at AMC’s High Mountain Huts in the White Mountains. For each breakfast and dinner,…
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Picture this: You manage logistics for a restaurant. Well, actually, it’s eight restaurants. And each one is on top of a mountain. With limited refrigerator space. Sound challenging? It’s all part of the job for AMC…
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The sun rises on AMC Mizpah Spring Hut, and I’m splitting breakfast with a group of singing, ukulele-playing Montréalers. Longtime friends from their running and cycling group, they first went on a hut-to-hut trip in…
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