Mountain Passages; The Newsletter of the New Hampshire Chapter of the Appalachian Mountain Club

Your source for outdoor adventures and how to articles for hiking, skiing, paddling and other outdoor activities, as well as articles about the history and natural environment of the New Hampshire forests and mountains.

We now publish Mountain Passages quarterly to correspond to the seasonal nature of the activities of the Chapter. The current issue of Mountain Passages is available here: 50-1 Mountain Passages Spring 2024

The Spring issue contains articles about:

• The continuing story of artists of the White Mountains;
• Diana Moore’s contemplation of the implications of climate change on Winter in the White Mountains;
• John Williams’ article on the red spotted newt who you may encounter on the trails this spring or in the mountain ponds this summer;
• Frances Richardson’s examination of the life of the preeminent cartographer of the White Mountains, Louis Fayereather Cutter;
• Another installment in our series on the wonderful and odd names of places in northern New Hampshire, What’s in a Name?;
• A Q&A with Becky Fullerton, AMC’s librarian and archivist based at the Highland Center in Crawford Notch; and
• Ham Mehlman’s description of The New Hampshire Troubadour, one of the formative publications that built New Hampshire’s  reputation in the mid-Twentieth Century.

This is only a partial list, check out the issue for more!

Enjoy!

Back issues of Mountain Passages are available in the archive.

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