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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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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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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“This is a pathfinder, pure and simple. Therefore, it is about as colorful as a railroad timetable.” Ralph Larrabee, White Mountain Guide editor from 1917 to 1935, saw his publication in simple terms. But while…
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You hear it before you see it… once the boat’s motor stops. In the recreation hall, a group sits in a semi-circle of folding chairs, working through a folk standard on an array of…
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Since their first date hiking Mount Algonquin in the Adirondacks, Rachel and Marshall Rowe have spent the past 40 years trekking some of New England’s—and the world’s—most awe-inspiring trails. And as long-time members of the…
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Jason Strauss, MD, is Chair and Chief of Psychiatry at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center in Boston. As part of his medical practice, Dr. Strauss helps patients struggling with stress and anxiety. Here Dr. Strauss…
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Take a walk through the countryside or forests of New England and there’s a good chance you’ll come across a stone wall. Maybe even several stone walls. Sometimes they mark clear property lines that stand…
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“The air just feels so good because it’s not in the city.” “It always feels like a much-needed breath of fresh air. I always feel better after.” “I met some new students that I…
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