Skyline Sketches are short stories from Appalachia, AMC’s journal of mountaineering and conservation. Each captures a unique perspective about what we feel and the ways we connect in the mountains. Check out the first and second…
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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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And then there was one. When the autumn leaves fall and the last of the hut Croo heads home, that’s when the caretakers arrive. While Croos work in groups to service AMC’s High Mountain Huts…
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100 trips up Mount Washington, New England’s highest peak. One hike each day for 100 days. It’s a simple, yet extraordinary challenge. For Andrew Drummond, it was his summer project. On May 22, 2023,…
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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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