Calling all parents! Midwinter break is looming, and you’ve got to find a way to entertain the kids. How about a week in New Hampshire, where family-friendly winter adventures abound? When you stay with AMC,…
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The Right Time to Bail: Outdoor Safety Tips Every Hiker Should Know
On a freezing night in early May, a search and rescue crew set off into a squall on a high-stakes mission: a 63-year-old man had vanished somewhere near Franconia Ridge. He’d been missing for three...
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A couple of years ago, I started keeping something that I call a “joy calendar.” Life was moving a little too fast, and I’d said yes to too many things, which were piling up and…
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When people talk about the outdoors, they often talk about the sights: the way a mountain looks from the trailhead. The change in vegetation as they climb. The view from the summit. For people who…
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On June 2, 2024, I found myself in waist-deep swamp water traversing a flooded dike. As I trudged through the muck, I entertained the possibility of snakes slipping through this water, of leeches latching onto…
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The total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024 brought record numbers of skygazers to the northernmost parts of AMC’s region. Millions of people in the zone of totality took time to stop, see the day…
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Have you heard the good news about gravel? Gravel bikes combine the lighter materials used in road bikes with designs that help riders get off the pavement with confidence. These bikes are built for a…
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Great things do come in small packages. Spanning only 37 miles from east to west, Rhode Island is the smallest state in the U.S. by area. But there’s plenty of outdoor adventure within its compact…
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One moment, the sun is shining on a spring afternoon. The next, darkness. On April 8, 2024, parts of AMC’s region will experience a total solar eclipse, the moment when the moon passes in front…
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The leaves may already be falling in much of New Hampshire, Maine, and Vermont, but that doesn’t mean leaf-peeping season is over. Southern New England — Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island— offers dense forests, idyllic…
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