Activities for the Hiking/Backpacking Committee
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Wilderness First Aid and Recertification
The Wilderness First Aid (WFA) course will help you prepare for the unexpected. This fast-paced, hands-on training is designed to meet the needs of trip leaders, camp staff, outdoor enthusiasts and individuals working in remote locations. It will introduce you to caring for people who become ill or injured far from definitive medical care. Classroom lectures and demonstrations are combined with realistic scenarios where mock patients will challenge you to integrate your learning.
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AMC Boston Chapter Winter Hiking Program 2019-2020
Want to get outside more this winter? Please join us for the AMC Boston Chapter Winter Hiking Program 2019-2020, as follows: Oct 30 (Wed), Nov 6 (Wed), Nov 13 (Wed), Nov 20 (Wed), Dec 5 (Thu). The 2019-2020 Boston Chapter H/B Winter Hiking Program (WHP) teaches the best practices of winter hiking and backpacking in New England. Taught by AMC Boston Chapter Hiking/Backpacking Leaders, WHP students will have the opportunity to attend lectures, small group breakout sessions, and hands-on opportunities with winter hiking and backpacking gear.
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Wilderness First Aid and Recertification
The Wilderness First Aid (WFA) course will help you prepare for the unexpected. This fast-paced, hands-on training is designed to meet the needs of trip leaders, camp staff, outdoor enthusiasts and individuals working in remote locations. It will introduce you to caring for people who become ill or injured far from definitive medical care. Classroom lectures and demonstrations are combined with realistic scenarios where mock patients will challenge you to integrate your learning.
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Hike the Tripyramid Slides in November
Join us for an early November hike up and over the Tripyramids via the north and south slides. Weather permitting, we will take the Livermore Trail and north slide to the summit of North Tripyramid (4,180 ft).. Having hiked over to Middle Tripyramid (4,140 ft'), we will take the south slide down from South Tripyramid (4,100 ft) followed by a return to the Livermore Trail trailhead. This 11.0-mile/3,000 ft elevation gain hike is challenging and participants should be comfortable with tackling the steep ascent and descent on the slides.
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Early November hike to Monroe and Washington
Join us for a classic loop hike over the west side of Mt Washington using the Ammonoosuc Ravine Trail, the Crawford Path, the Gulfside Trail and the Jewell Trail - 10.4 miles with 4,200 ft of elevation gain and, weather permitting, the summits of both Mt Monroe (5,384') and Mt Washington (6,288'). Full Winter gear and previous experience of hiking above treeline in Winter are required.
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Monthly AMC Boston Hiking/Backpacking Committee Meeting
Are you an experienced AMC hiker and curious about how volunteer-led AMC hiking and backpacking activities are governed? The Boston Chapter's Hiking/Backpacking Committee meets monthly to handle such matters as overseeing the chapter's hundreds of hiking/backpacking leaders and leader candidates, coordinating educational programs, administering our finance, setting policy, etc. Interested guests are welcome to sit in. For the particulars, contact Elizabeth Ryan, the chairperson, at chair@hbbostonamc.org.
Early Winter Harvard Cabin day trip weekend
We'll be doing early winter day hikes out of this rustic cabin off Route 16 south of Pinkham Notch. We'll do an Intermediate-ish hike on Saturday and something shorter on the way home on Sunday. The calendar says it will be Fall but Winter will have arrived in the mountains.
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LEADERS/CO-LEADERS ONLY Harvard Cabin Weekend
Please note: This event is open to current Boston Chapter Leaders and Co-Leaders ONLY.
Harvard Cabin weekend to show those that have never been to HC or led an event there how much fun this weekend can be. The weekend will include instructional session that covers how to run a Harvard Cabin event in different seasons as well as the optional hikes available in the area.
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Monthly AMC Boston Hiking/Backpacking Committee Meeting
Are you an experienced AMC hiker and curious about how volunteer-led AMC hiking and backpacking activities are governed? The Boston Chapter's Hiking/Backpacking Committee meets monthly to handle such matters as overseeing the chapter's hundreds of hiking/backpacking leaders and leader candidates, coordinating educational programs, administering our finance, setting policy, etc. Interested guests are welcome to sit in. For the particulars, contact Elizabeth Ryan, the chairperson, at chair@hbbostonamc.org.
Monthly AMC Boston Hiking/Backpacking Committee Meeting
Are you an experienced AMC hiker and curious about how volunteer-led AMC hiking and backpacking activities are governed? The Boston Chapter's Hiking/Backpacking Committee meets monthly to handle such matters as overseeing the chapter's hundreds of hiking/backpacking leaders and leader candidates, coordinating educational programs, administering our finance, setting policy, etc. Interested guests are welcome to sit in. For the particulars, contact Elizabeth Ryan, the chairperson, at chair@hbbostonamc.org.
