Your Connection to the New Hampshire Outdoors
AMC has highlighted a few special events occuring throughout 2025
If hiking, biking, or paddling to a destination there are modes of transportation to get you there or back including Taxis, private rides and an AMC run shuttle. Read more for info on both including map of shuttle route:
In celebration of 150 years, the Appalachian Mountain Club will host a historic 1,500-mile torch relay from Virginia to Maine, beginning in March and ending in October 2026. This epic journey will unite hikers, paddlers, cyclists, and outdoor enthusiasts to carry a ceremonial torch across cherished trails, breathtaking landscapes, and beloved AMC lodges and camps. Along the way, vibrant events in cities like New York and Boston and celebratory gatherings at key AMC locations will bring our mission to life. Together, we’ll celebrate our shared love for nature, our commitment to conservation, and the spirit of adventure that connects us all. AMCNH activity leader participation needed!
The mountains of New Hampshire attract hikers from all over the world all year around. Trails of all sorts offer a unique, if often messy, experience during the transitional period between winter and spring known affectionally as, “mud season.” This period, typically spanning early to late April to late May or even early June, presents hikers with a challenging landscape as the winter snowpack melts combined with spring rain to create a mixed bag of adventure for those willing to embrace the slop.
The AMC NH chapter is looking for leaders like you!!! AMC NH is an all-volunteer run organization managing a huge number of activities for more than 12,000 members. We need organizational talent. We are looking for energetic, enthusiastic, dedicated folks to contribute to the successful running and growing of the AMC NH chapter. Being part of the AMC NH Executive Committee is challenging but also incredibly fun and rewarding and, most importantly, you will be working with a great group of people.
Currently we need:
• AMC Chapter Vice Chair
• AMC Chapter Program Committee Co-chair
• AMC Conservation Committee Co-chair
Click to learn more about the roles and expectations. If interested in potentially serving, please email or
If you have not been to AMC’s Cold River Camp in Evans Notch, you should make it a priority this fall. Mark your calendars for Sept. 12-14. These weekends are becoming a wonderful AMC tradition, as this marks the fifth annual year. There are hikes for all levels of activity from Easy to Strenous led by our staff of volunteer leaders from the NH Chapter.
The Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC) will celebrate the 150th anniversary of its founding in 2026. Leading up to this auspicious milestone, we’ll be sharing historical highlights about the founding and development of the club. Though not a comprehensive history of AMC, this series is meant to help us connect to our heritage as the country’s oldest conservation and outdoor recreation nonprofit and to better understand our own place in this special community that has been helping people know and love the outdoors since 1876.
Since 1876, the Appalachian Mountain Club has been a leading voice for conservation while connecting people to the joy of the outdoors. We’ve led the charge on landmark legislation like the Weeks Act in 1911 and the Highland Conservation Act in 2004. We’ve served as hands-on stewards of nearly 2,000 miles of trails and protected more than 114,000 acres of the iconic 100-Mile Wilderness through our Maine Woods Initiative. Our community of 90,000 members from Maine to Virginia make use of our vast recreational network of outdoor program centers, lodges, huts, and camps—but our aspirations are even bigger. Click to read our 2025-2030 plan.
The 2024 Annual Report of the New Hampshire Chapter is available! If you want to learn more about the activities of the Chapter, the Annual Report may be your best source. If you are interested in reviewing this year’s Annual Report and past years annual reports, they are all available here.