AMC Fall Hiking Week

07/10/2024

07/10/2024

07/10/2024

Caps Ridge 2024

03/10/2024

Devil's Hopyard 2025

03/10/2024

Rodger's Ledge 2024

21/09/2024

View from the dining room on this beautiful fall’ish morning in NH.

11/09/2024

Make sure that you are packing appropriately for your hikes at FHW!

Let it snow! The Mount Washington Observatory shared photos of the first measurable snowfall of the season this week https://cbsloc.al/47k9KfM

29/08/2024

Hiker Found Deceased on Gulfside Trail

Thompson & Meserves Purchase – At approximately 8:30 a.m. a hiker found the body of an adult male lying on the Gulfside Trail near the Junction of West Side Trail, ½ mile below the summit. The man was obviously deceased and no lifesaving measures were taken. Being approximately 425 feet north of the Cog Railway tracks, Fish and Game requested and received assistance from the Cog Railway who offered up one of their trains along with personnel to assist in the body recovery. Officials from Fish & Game, NH State Police and Twin Mountain Fire Department, along with an ADME responded to this call.

The recovery team was taken up in a train and hiked into the scene with a litter. The body was placed in the litter and hiked back to the train and transported back down to the Base Station. From there the body was relayed to the State Medical Examiners Officer in Concord for autopsy.

The hiker, whose name is being withheld pending family and next of kin notification, is a 72-year-old male from Virginia according to a driver’s license found on the body. It appears the hiker likely succumbed to environmental exposure, but the exact cause of death is pending autopsy results.

Little else is known of the hiker. He was dressed in jeans, and had on a dark navy blue raincoat, with brown hiking boots and a small blue backpack. He was not prepared for the conditions that were and are still currently present in the higher summits of the White Mountains. It is likely that he took a train ride up to the summit in the morning or early afternoon on Wednesday and then decided to try and hike down.

NH Fish and Game is asking anyone who might have come into contact with a hiker matching his description yesterday to contact State Police Troop F at (603) 846-3333, or email Lieutenant Mark Ober at [email protected].

As a reminder, the weather in the higher summits is cold, wet, and windy, which is prime conditions for hypothermia and other cold related injuries. Be sure to check the forecast on the Mount Washington Observatory before venturing out.

29/08/2024

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03/05/2024

Hello Hikers,

This year, Fall Hiking Week will be at the Town and Country Inn in Gorham NH, Fri. Sept. 20 - Fri. Sept. 27, 2024.

Lottery Registration for the 2024 event will open Fri. May 3 at 4 pm ET and close Sun. May 12 at noon ET. - please mark your calendar.

The Registration Tab on the Fall Hiking Week website will be available Friday, May 3, 2024, 4 pm ET to Sun. May 12, 2024, noon ET.

HOW TO REGISTER FOR THE LOTTERY:

- Go to the FHW website: https://fallhikingweek.org/

- Go to the REGISTRATION 2024 page (May 3-12, 2024)

- Complete and submit your registration

The Lottery will be conducted after the Registration period closes. You will receive a notice if you have gained a spot at FHW 2024. Last year, everyone who registered was eventually offered a spot to participate in Fall Hiking Week (even if they were not initially selected in the lottery), and while we hope the same will be true this year, we cannot guarantee it.

Welcome to AMC Fall Hiking Week Fall Hiking Week is an annual event sponsored by the Connecticut Chapter of the Appalachian Mountain Club. FHW is generally held for one week in September, from Friday to Friday. Participants may attend for all or part of the week. Each year, FHW is based in one of th...

07/03/2024

We're sorry to send along the news that longtime hike leader and committee member Don (Edward) Kress passed away a couple of weeks ago. Below is the link to the online obituary.

https://www.levandoskigrillo.com/obituaries/Edward-Donald-Kress?obId=30932256&fbclid=IwAR3kW2XnzHyG2DbXarbax9rdo0Sp0b3-ZatbP2jCK23HMkwy50nmPJ0XhI0 #/celebrationWall

View Edward Donald Kress's obituary, contribute to their memorial, see their funeral service details, and more.