Activities for the Hiking/Backpacking Committee
AMC offers COVID conscious opportunities to enjoy the outdoors locally, visit many of our lodges and campgrounds, and join virtual events and activities. Participants of all in-person events should bring and wear face coverings, expect social distancing, and changes to our usual practices. To support contact tracing and hands-free signing of the AMC liability waiver, online registration is required for all in person AMC events.
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This page lists trips sponsored by the Hiking/Backpacking Committee. To see all trips sponsored by the Boston Chapter, see our search page. To find trips sponsored by other chapters, use the club-wide trip search page.
WHP Participants ONLY: Seven Sisters (Holyoke Range)
This trip is part of the Boston Chapter Winter Hiking Program (WHP) and is only open to registered participants of that program. If you would like more information about the WHP, please email us at whp20@hb.amcboston.org or follow the link below.
WHP Participants Only - Mt Clark and Mt Todd
Venture into the Mohawk Trail State Forest for a 7.4-mile loop hike in some of the most beautiful terrain Massachusetts has to offer, summiting 2 peaks and gaining 2,100 ft of elevation. One goal of this WHP hike is to prepare for the White Mountains in winter, so we plan to move at a moderate pace.
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WHP Participants ONLY - Massachusetts' Mt. Tom
Registration limited to participants who completed the 2020 Winter Hiking Program. If you feel obligated to hike, now that you have taken the WHP, you might as well try to enjoy this hike. As originally planned, we will be hiking Mt. Tom. The only thing that has changed about this trip is the Mt. Tom we will be attempting to scale. We will be doing the highest summit in Holyoke MA. This is not a 4,000'er. You could do this three times and not climb 4,000'. This hike will cover roughly the same distance as the hike to the Mt. Tom in the Whites. There will be no ladders to climb.
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WHP Participants ONLY: Mount Watatic (II)
This trip is part of the Boston Chapter Winter Hiking Program (WHP) and is only open to registered participants of that program. If you would like more information about the WHP, please email us at whp20@hb.amcboston.org or follow the link below.
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#BEONLINEWITHAMC - 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@hb.amcboston.org.
Mt Tom Day Hike - Holyoke, MA
Join us for a day hike to Mt Tom located in Mt Tom State Park in the Holyoke Range in Western Massachusetts. We will hike to Mt Tom via the New England Trail and return via the New England Trail to the D.O.C Trail to Whiting Peak and down the Quarry Trail. We will also hike to Goat Peak via a loop going up the New England Trail and down the Beau Bridge Trail. The hike is 7.5+ miles with 1,371' of elevation gain and we will hike at a moderate pace. The trails are steep and depending on conditions you may need full crampons.
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BEONLINEWITHAMC: An Adventure in the Mountains of the Moon
In March 2019, Katie climbed Margherita Peak in Uganda's stunning and remote Mountains of the Moon (Rwenzori Mountains). Now a protected UNESCO World Heritage Site straddling the border between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Rwenzori range boasts a pristine and surreal landscape ranging from jungle to alpine to glacier - as well as Africa's third highest peak - but sees hardly any visitors. Her talk will cover a brief history of these little-known mountains, her experience, logistics, and what to expect if you want to hike there before the glaciers melt!
#BEONLINEWITHAMC - 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@hb.amcboston.org.
#BEONLINEWITHAMC - 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@hb.amcboston.org.
#BEONLINEWITHAMC - 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@hb.amcboston.org.
#BEONLINEWITHAMC - 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@hb.amcboston.org.
