Getting in Shape for Summer
Spring has sprung! And even though these April showers may have you longing for warmer and sunnier days, the recent buds on trees and the appearance of purple blooms of crocus and yellow daffodils…
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Adventure, Love, and the Land That Shapes Us: Stories from the AMC Community
It’s time to pass the mic. Earlier this year, we put out a call for AMC stories in honor of our 150th anniversary. Stories of epic adventures, sweet connections, high mountain summits, and memories from AMC huts and lodges started coming...
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Best Spring Hikes in the Northeast
Looking for the best spring hikes in the Northeast, but don’t know where to start? We recently asked the AMC community what mountain they were most eager to hike when spring arrives. Their answers covered a…
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The Bluebird Chronicles: A Catskills Romance
This article was originally published in the Winter/Spring 2022 issue of Appalachia. For Thomas E. Musselman A European starling alights on the cedarwood nesting box. It starts to peck at the small round entrance hole…
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Appalachia Gear Review: The AllTrails App
This article was originally published in the Winter/Spring 2022 issue of Appalachia. Note: Please keep in mind that hikers should never rely on apps as their main form of navigation—bringing a paper map and…
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All Along the Watchtower: How Women Forest Fire Lookouts...
Forest fire lookout towers are a common feature of mountain summits here in the Northeast. Made up of a cement base with a wooden compartment above it on stilts, with a ladder or stairs leading…
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Considerations for Backpacking on the BCT
During early fall in 2021, I set out on a record-setting end-to-end “thru-hike” of the Bay Circuit Trail (BCT). I completed the 230 mile trail northbound between August 28th and September 3rd, 2021, for a…
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Finding Myself on the Bay Circuit Trail
I first stumbled upon the Bay Circuit Trail (BCT) while on a hike in Bradley Palmer State Park in spring of 2018. At that time, I was 30 years old and had recently gotten sober…
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The 2022 AMC Photo Contest Winners Have Arrived
It seems appropriate to share our annual Photo Contest winners just as winter gives way to spring. As the views we see outside our windows and along the trail begin to change, we’re excited to…
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AMC’s Waters and Rivers Protection Fund Expands Whitewater Paddling...
Julia Khorana can remember a time when the Deerfield River in Western Massachusetts was nearly unusable by paddlers and whitewater lovers. The problem, back in the early 1990s, was that the old hydroelectric dam that…
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