Get above treeline on any of New Hampshire’s high peaks, and you’ll find a landscape of contrast. Here in the alpine zone, a single step could disrupt decades of plant growth. But these summits are…
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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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This interview originally appeared in the AMC New Hampshire Chapter’s Spring 2024 Mountain Passages newsletter. What is the origin/history of the archives at AMC? Having an official club Archive is a fairly recent thing for…
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In science, simple narratives are hard to come by. Dijit Taylor, AMC’s first female director of research, has a good one. When her team relocated parts of the Crawford Path to preserve Robbins’ cinquefoil (Potentilla…
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April 11, 1934: It was relatively warm on the summit of Mount Washington. Below freezing, but not by much. But more comfortable temperatures were not a reason for relief for the staff of the Mount…
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