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Welcome to the New Hampshire Chapter of the Appalachian Mountain Club. Below are a few events you may be interested in. Be sure to browse the up-to-date list of events in Happenings sections: Activities | Social Events | Educational Events | Weekend Roundup

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43^RD ANNUAL PRESIDENTIAL RANGE HIKE

July 11^th – 19^th, 2009
Hike over 50 miles of scenic trails in WMNF including many on Appalachian Trail. Climb at least a dozen peaks over 4000 ft. including Mt. Washington. A STRENUOUS AND WONDERFUL GROUP HIKE!! Daily hikes 5 – 10 miles, elevation changes 2000 feet+. 4 Leaders and max 21 hikers. Wide variety of hiking options each day. $800 ($850 non-members) includes 8 nights lodging and meals at AMC huts, gratuities, trail lunches, in-hike transp. Leaders: Tim Kennedy, Paulette Boudrot, John McHugh, Doug Hunt. Deposit $400 ($25 non refund), balance due Apr.15. Register early, trip fills each year! For information or application contact: Tim Kennedy, 15 Garland Drive, Pelham, NH 03076 (603-635-2517 or takhike@comcast.net)

Dinner Program: Trekking New Zealand's Great Walks

Guest Speaker: Sam Jamke, past AMC-NH Chapter Chair
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Register now for an evening you won’t soon forget!

RiverWoods at Exeter
7 RiverWoods Drive, Exeter, NH

Cost: $25 for AMC Members, $28 for non-Members.
6:30 PM social hour with appetizers
7:15 PM buffet diinner followed by the program

You are invited to a special dinner program with spectacular photos: Trekking the Great Walks of New Zealand. In 1908, The Spectator magazine called the 33.5 mile Milford Track through Fiordland National Park "the finest walk in the world." One hundred years later, knowledgeable hikers still agree. This Park of jaw-dropping beauty combines a rare combination of rain forest, rushing rivers and glacially carved alpine heights that yields vistas to make you think you've stepped into a picture postcard.

Speaker Sam Jamke, NH Chapter Past Chair, will share her adventures on a 2007 Major Excursion to New Zealand where she backpacked three of that country’s Great Walks. Sam did a similar slide show at a NH Chapter dinner in Concord in April of 2008. Since we had to turn away about 40 people, she is repeating the show. Sam and fellow Major Excursions leader, John Lisker, are leading a similar trip in February of 2010.

A member of the AMC since 1983, Sam has led numerous day and weekend hiking trips and is a hike leader and workshop instructor for the AMC NH Chapter. She is a hike leader at the AMC August Camp and led the 8-day AMC-NH Chapter Presidential Range Traverse in 2007. Sam has hiked all of the New England Hundred Highest summits in winter and the ADK 46ers in three seasons.

Register Online in NH Chapter Store. Deadline to register for the August Dinner Program is August 8th

Menu: Garden salad; Grilled chicken & penne pasta with grape tomatoes, black olives, sweet yellow peppers in a garlic basil butter sauce; Vegetarian lasagna; assorted breads; cookies; coffee and tea.
NOTE: alcoholic beverages will not be available. However, you may bring your own bottle of wine.

Directions:From the West

Take Route 101 East to Exit 11, which is Route 108, Stratham/Exeter. At the foot of the ramp, turn right onto Route 108 South (Portsmouth Avenue). Follow Route 108 for one mile to the signal light. Turn right onto Route 111 and pass over a short bridge. Turn right at the immediate intersection and proceed to the Bandstand in the center of Exeter.

At the Bandstand, take a sharp left, still on Route 111 West. Continue 1.5 miles to the Exeter Inn (red brick building on left). At this point, keep right at the "Y" intersection and continue on Route 111 West for 1.8 miles to a yellow blinking light. Turn left onto RiverWoods Drive, pass two houses on the right, and turn right at the RiverWoods sign.

For directions from other locations, please visit their web site: www.riverwoodsrc.org/contact_directions.cfm

For questions or additional information
Contact Ron Janowitz at 603-625-9848 (or) programs@amc-nh.org
Register Now

SURVEY: Bike Leaders & Riders

Hey, Do you ride? Should we offer more bike trips? Do you want to help out? Please enter our leader/rider survey so we can take the pulse of this topic:

Entries: 33

I'd be interested in leading bike trips
I don't want to lead trips, but I might ride with the group
I don't bike

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Online Trip Listings by Email

Sign up for the "Activity Digest" at the new AMC Member Center. You can choose up to 3 activities that you want to receive listings by email.
Login to the AMC Member Center and choose Activity Digest on the left side of the page.

2009 Appalachian Trail Conservancy Biennial

Vermont's Green Mountain Club hosts this years celebration at Castleton State College. The week-long events July 17 – 24 include daily workshops, hiking, sightseeing programs and evening entertainment,.

The 2009 AMC Fall Gathering in the beautiful Berkshires

October 16-18 - during peak foliage season!
Mark your calendar! Save the date!
Hosted by the Berkshire Chapter, at Becket-Chimney Corners in Becket, Mass., the event will run from Friday afternoon through Sunday afternoon. Hikes, bike rides, paddles, cliff/wall climbing, rope courses, workshops and presentations, Contra-dancing, campfires, socials - we'll have it all! Bring the family - the program is "kid-friendly."
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