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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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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How’d you spend your summer? For AMC’s research interns, it was a busy season. Working alongside professional scientists, interns took on big projects essential to AMC’s conservation mission, from collecting data deep in the backcountry…
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At AMC, we love fall. It’s why we hold our annual FallFest. And it’s why we think you should use the season to springboard your next big outdoor adventure. Autumn is a great time for…
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When you walk in a Northeast forest, it can feel like the woods go on forever. But we all know they don’t. Hike far enough, and you’ll cross a road or run into shops and…
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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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If you first think about weather when a drop of rain hits you, you’re way too late. One of the great variables of any trip into the mountains of the Northeast is the weather. In…
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You’ve built confidence on day hikes. You were inspired by a trip to an AMC Lodge to spend more time outdoors. Maybe you just looked at a map, pointed to place deep in the backcountry…
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Ticks are an unwelcome, but prevalent companion for many who enjoy the outdoors. They are especially common throughout the Northeast and even long cold winters do little to tamp down the population. Although most tick…
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On June 10th, 2022, AMC staff met virtually with a group of middle and high school students from the cities of Lawrence and Lowell, Mass. While AMC staff often talk with young people, this time…
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