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AMC's Maine Woods Initiative
Visit Maine’s 100-Mile Wilderness and learn about the Appalachian Mountain Club’s strategy for conservation and recreation in the region.
AMC Volunteer For Trails - 2010The 2010 schedule is now on-line...
In my most recent Equipped article, I highlighted some of the most expensive, high-end outdoor gear on the market. (Check it out here.) There's one area that I didn't touch on, however: luxury multi-tools.I'm a big fan of Leatherman...
Appalachian Mountain Club AMC Annual Trail Sign Auctions are live - get yours now!
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Welcome to the AMC's annual trail sign auction! Every year the AMC's White Mountain Trail Crew replaces weathered or out-of-date trail signs with new ones. The old signs are collector's items, having guided thousands of visitors for many years along celebrated paths throughout the Whites. ...
A flock of wild turkeys has been eating the dropped apples under the ancient apple trees in the field behind our house. At least once a day, they emerge single-file from the woods in back. They feast companionably on the fermenting fruit...
In the current November/December issue of AMC Outdoors, I wrote a basic primer on what it takes to keep cycling through the winter...
As part of this month's continuing theme of winter travel accessories for your feet, let's next take a look at aluminum crampons. They have some significant advantages over their steel counterparts, though also have some significant drawbacks.Their biggest advantage over steel versions is weight...
A couple of years ago, Jim picked up a book he thought I’d like at a library sale. It was a thick old book, stained and worn. At the time, I barely glanced at it as he put it on my shelf. Over time, though, its title caught my eye: Handbook of Nature-Study. ...
Attention collectors and holiday shoppers! AMC's annual trail sign auction will begin on eBay Tuesday, Nov. 24th at noon and will run until Friday, Dec. 4th at noon...
“Magical power, marvelous action!Chopping wood, carrying water....”These lines from a 1,000-year-old Zen Buddhist poem came to me last Sunday while Virgil and I stacked wood. I handed him a chunk of wood from a wheelbarrow and he flung it onto a growing stack along the side of the garage. We...
A colleague recently asked me where she could find a zero-degree (or warmer) sleeping bag for her two youngsters (ages 2 & 5). I was stumped. There are lots of 15- through 40-degree versions of kids bags, but none that I knew of that are warmer than that...
Appalachian Mountain Club
Last week, over a dozen volunteers from PAREI and AMC turned up to help install two Apricus evacuated-tube solar collectors leading to a hot water pre-heat system. Using techniques inspired by Amish barn raisings, the "raise" took less than six hours to complete. Photos by Sally Manikian.
For more information on AMC's c...ommitment to using its huts, lodges and sporting camps as models for sustainable operations and environmental stewardship, visit http://www.outdoors.org/lodging/green-pr
New Hampshire Senators Judd Gregg and Jeanne Shaheen announced $1.375 million from the federal Land and Water Conservation Fund will be allocated to the Mahoosuc Gateway/Success Township project...
