My First AMC Hike!

Activity Type: Hiking, Local Walks, & Trail Running | Hiking
Difficulty: 2 - Relaxed
Trip Leader(s): Bob Vogel
Registration Type: Registration
Please Click Here to RSVP: https://activities.outdoors.org/a5UVX0000015KiH
Register By: 4/14/2026
Audience: Everyone

Description: Don’t just look through these listings and say “Maybe?” COME ON THIS HIKE! Make this your first AMC hike! This hike will be a short “Introduction to AMC” hike. It will be less than 4 miles and with less than 500’ of elevation gain, and less than 3 hours. Before, during, and after (if needed) I’ll be telling you “Everything you need to know!” to successfully come on AMC hikes with us and have fun.  Among other things, I’ll cover: AMC Organization. (If you don’t understand, it can be confusing. Chapters? Committees? Who does what? And where?) Hikes: Easy? Moderate? Hard? Very hard? Yes, we offer all types. You’ll learn how to tell them apart, so you don’t get in over your head, or don’t end up bored on an easier than expected hike. What to bring? (All about packs, and what to bring in them. Always your raincoat! But what else? And I’ll empty my pack, show you what I carry, and explain why.) What to wear? (Why we say “Cotton Kills”, and when that really is an issue, and when it isn’t.) And I’ll answer all of the many other questions you have.
Plus, based on my 25 years of experience leading AMC hikes, (From local Nature Walks to Winter Backpacks in the White Mountains) I’ll give you all the ‘Inside Information’ to get you started having a fun time, hiking with your new friends; be that on short local nature walks, on longer (and faster!) intermediate hikes, or even hiking and backpacking in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. (Including info on the new ‘food storage’ regulations going into place May 1 st in the Pemigewasset Wilderness area of the White Mountain National Forest in New Hampshire.)
Who knows, we might even find a tree down and cut it to clear the trails. (Trailwork is another thing that AMC does, and which I greatly enjoy. It’s as much fun as a hike, but you also leave with a warm fuzzy feeling because you made the trails better for whomever follows you.  )
And you will get access to an online summary of all of the above information, so you won’t need to take notes all day.
Register NOW! As space is limited. (However, I’ll run this a few times, so if this one isn’t on a convenient date... keep looking! Preference given to new and non-AMC members. Others as space allows.

Reminder: Please click the RSVP link above to register!