The Appalachian Mountain Club is thrilled to launch the first-ever Adventure Travel trip for 20s/30s Young Members—and it’s one of the best hikes in the world: Switzerland’s breathtaking Via Alpina. Running from July 18-26, 2026,…
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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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For more than a century, AMC has given the world the opportunity to explore New Hampshire’s stunning alpine terrain by day and spend nights in our famed high mountain huts. But we’re not the only…
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Karen Thurston Barsanti grew up in the White Mountains with AMC’s White Mountain Huts as her playground. “My dad was an AMC volunteer, and I was an AMC kid. He instilled in me at a…
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