Winter Climb of Mt. Washington

A comprehensive introduction to winter mountaineering skills. No previous climbing experience is required, but participants should be prepared for a challenging experience. You'll learn how to dress for winter, select and pack the proper gear and campsite, choose food and cook outdoors, and minimize your impact while winter camping. We'll practice moving efficiently in winter boots and crampons and climbing low-to-moderate angled snow and ice terrain.

Learn to Snowshoe Weekend

Explore the splendor of winter on snowshoes! AMC experts will teach you the basics to start snowshoeing on a variety of terrain while being comfortable outside in the winter. Once comfortable with your new feet, we will then lead you on a guided trek through the White Mountains. Activity level: easy to moderate.

Ice Climb 101 in Crawford Notch

Learn to ice climb this winter in the White Mountains! The ideal introductory course, our experts will show you how to fit and use crampons safely and give you the opportunity to use ice axes on a variety of terrain. You will tackle lower-angled slabs of ice, learn how to select appropriate climbs, assess risks and hazards, use ice protection, and develop skills needed to safely establish a top-rope ice-climbing site - all in magnificent Crawford Notch. Activity level: moderate.

Winter Digital Photography Weekend with Jerry Monkman

Spend three days in the heart of the White Mountains photographing the winter season with acclaimed photographer, Jerry Monkman, author of AMC's Guide to Outdoor Digital Photography. On this tour, participants will learn and fine-tune nature photography skills while exploring some of New England's most dramatic landscapes. During favorable weather and lighting conditions, participants will delve into the heart of the White Mountains from the Highland Center in Crawford Notch.

50+ White Mountain Ski & Snowshoe Adventure

Get out and get active with other outdoors people this winter! Spend 2 days and 2 nights at AMC's Joe Dodge Lodge, in the heart of the White Mountains during this all-inclusive 50+ Winter Adventure. You'll enjoy comfortable accommodations, spectacular mountain views, and guided activities designed for active adults. Participants will snowshoe, cross country ski, learn about winter ecology and take a ride on the Mount Washington Auto Road Snow Coach, which uses a specially constructed all-wheel drive and unique 4-track system.

3 Night Guided Lodge-to-Lodge Ski Trek

If you don't feel comfortable doing a 22-mile backcountry ski trek on your own, then this is the trip for you. On this guided backcountry ski trek, you'll visit two of AMC's Maine Lodges as well as West Branch Pond Camps. An AMC expert guide will lead the way, adding much to this trip as they read the woods in ways that most do not. T

Winter Family Exploration

AMC's Winter Family Exploration combines three days of outdoor adventure with traditional hospitality in spectacular settings. Experience the serenity of Cardigan Reservation while gaining a deeper appreciation and understanding of the forest, rivers, and wildlife around us through hands-on exploration and the help of AMC expert staff. The whole family will enjoy plenty of outdoor fun including guided snowshoe hikes, sledding and ice-skating, animal tracking, starlit walks, snow shelter and more.

Pinkham Notch Winter Family Adventure

Join AMC for family winter fun at Joe Dodge Lodge in the White Mountains' Pinkham Notch. From snowshoeing, animal tracking, and building a snow shelter, to tubing and drinking hot cocoa while telling tall tales with your family new friends. No previous winter experience is needed. Winter tips and techniques will be shared throughout the weekend. Snowshoe rental is included.

Winter Family Exploration

AMC's Winter Family Exploration combines three days of outdoor adventure with traditional hospitality in spectacular settings. Experience the serenity of Cardigan Reservation while gaining a deeper appreciation and understanding of the forest, rivers, and wildlife around us through hands-on exploration and the help of AMC expert staff. The whole family will enjoy plenty of outdoor fun including guided snowshoe hikes, sledding and ice-skating, animal tracking, starlit walks, snow shelter and more.

Teen Wilderness Adventures - 4-day Snowshoe Backpack Adventure

Spend the first day practicing your snowshoeing skills in the woods surrounding the Pinkham Notch Visitor Center. The following days will take you into the backcountry for a true winter camping experience then end with a night at Carter Notch Hut. You'll learn winter travel skills and spend the night by a crackling campfire!

2 Night Guided Lodge-to-Lodge Ski Trek

Enjoy winter at its best on this guided tour of Maine's 100-Mile Wilderness. This is a true backcountry ski trip, and our guided trip is ideal for people who are less comfortable in the backcountry on their own. You'll meet in Greenville and follow a guide to the winter parking lot. From there, you'll ski 7 miles to Little Lyford Lodge and Cabins. Gear will be shuttled in by snowmobile. On the second day you'll ski the Camp-to-Camp Trail 7 miles to Gorman Chairback Lodge and Cabins.

Decision Making in Avalanche Terrain

The Level One Avalanche Program is a 3-day/24-hour introduction to avalanche hazard management following standards and guidelines of the American Institute for Avalanche Research & Education. The course is expected to, provide a basic understanding of avalanches, describe a framework for decision making and risk management in avalanche terrain, focus on identifying the right questions, rather than on providing "answers", and give lessons and exercises that are practically oriented, useful, and applicable in the field.

SOLO Wilderness First Aid (WFA)

The ability to apply basic backcountry first aid is vital for any outdoor enthusiast, whether it's for yourself or others. Moving beyond urban first aid, this course teaches the skills necessary to identify, treat medical issues common to wilderness settings, and to prepare for long-term care scenarios. Minimum age 18 (16 if accompanied by an adult). Package includes lodging, meals, and instruction, handouts and WFA certification with successful completion of course.

SOLO Wilderness First Aid

SOLO Wilderness First Aid: The ability to apply basic backcountry first aid is vital for any outdoor enthusiast, whether it's for yourself or for others. Moving beyond urban first aid, this course teaches the skills necessary to identify and treat medical issues common to wilderness settings and to prepare for long-term care scenarios. Includes hands-on practice and lectures. Upon completion, participants receive 16-hour Wilderness First Aid certification. This course may be used to recertify a current WFR certification. Minimum age 18.

50+ Winter Sports Adventure Camp

These week-long adventures are designed for active outdoorspeople and feature daily easy, moderate, and advanced activities including snowshoe hikes, Nordic ski clinics and tours, winter natural history programs, and winter outdoors skills programs. Also included are daily yoga & stretching, historic and cultural programs, evening pre-dinner social hours, and featured guest speakers. One 25-minute massage is included for each participant. All programs are guided and require 1-4 hours of exertion.

Ski & Snowshoe the Whites

Spend 2 days and 2 nights at the AMC's Joe Dodge Lodge, in the heart of the White Mountains and experience the summit of Mt. Washington. You will enjoy comfortable accommodations, spectacular mountain views, and days packed with guided activities designed especially for active adults. We will have action packed days, filled with snowshoeing, cross country skiing, winter ecology and a trip on the Mount Washington Auto Road Snow Coach, a specially constructed all-wheel drive and unique 4-track system.

National Ski Patrol Level I Avalanche Course

This 24 hour course is essential for winter hikers, skiers, and mountaineers to evaluate and avoid avalanche hazards in the winter backcountry, and conditions permitting, will work in the avalanche terrain of Tuckerman Ravine. Classroom time will focus on weather, snow pack and terrain. We will also emphasize avalanche characteristics and fracture mechanics. The International Avalanche Hazard Levels will be explained along with the ways in which they affect decision making for safe travel. We will practice with individual avalanche beacons and demonstrate their use in search and rescue.

Winter Mountaineering Skills on Mt. Washington

A two-day, two-night course for mountaineers ready to make the jump to lightweight ascents of alpine snow, ice and mixed climbs. The White Mountains offer some of the finest mountaineering terrain in the country and provide a reliable training ground for alpine climbs in the greater mountain ranges of the world. The course will focus on learning and refining winter mountaineering skills and efficiently climbing moderate snow and ice terrain. It is a comprehensive introduction to basic winter mountaineering skills.

Maine Winter Family Adventure

Join AMC for winter family fun at Little Lyford Lodge and Cabins in Maine's 100-Mile Maine Wilderness. Snowshoe to Gulf Hagas, learn animal tracking, build a snow shelter, cross country ski, and drink hot cocoa while telling tall tales with your family and new friends. Activity level: easy to moderate. Activities are geared toward youth 10 and older.

50+ Winter Sports Adventure Weekend

Join AMC for a great introduction to winter sports, featuring cross county ski clinics and ski tours, snowshoeing clinics and hikes, snow shelter building, winter animal tracking, Cold Kitchen, tricks for keeping warm, massage and much more! All daily adventures are guided, and there will be an easy and moderate option for all abilities.

Crawford Notch Winter Family Adventure

Join AMC for family winter fun at the Highland Center in the White Mountains' Crawford Notch. From snowshoeing, animal tracking, and building a snow shelter, to tubing and drinking hot cocoa while telling tall tales with your family new friends. Activities planned for aged 5 and up.

50+ Adventure Weekend: Spring Conditioning

These weekends offer a full schedule of beginner outdoor programs for active 50+ participants interested in getting outdoors in the late winter/early spring. Guided snowshoe hikes to local summits and waterfalls will be offered, as well as winter natural history walks and talks. Workshops on stretching and conditioning for hiking will also be offered. Depending on conditions, activities may include cross country ski clinics and tours.

Family Adventure Weekend: Easter Brunch

The Easter package features a weekend of family-oriented hikes, interpretive programs and activities including: the North Country's biggest Easter egg hunt with over 1000 eggs hidden, Easter arts & crafts for kids, raffles, trivia, games and our famous Easter Sunday brunch.

Rails to Trails Hiking

A weekend of hiking on old rail lines converted into hiking trails. One day will be spent hiking the Lackawanna Cutoff from Blairstown, NJ to Portland, PA, which will cross two cement viaducts. The next day will be spent hiking the "Lehigh and New England" rail line from Columbia to Blairstown, NJ. Car shuttles will be provided each day. Mason Logie will give a history of each rail line. Hiking boots and 2qts of water required

50+ Adventure Weekend: Spring Conditioning

These weekends offer a full schedule of beginner outdoor programs for active 50+ participants interested in getting outdoors in the late winter/early spring. Guided snowshoe hikes to local summits and waterfalls will be offered, as well as winter natural history walks and talks. Workshops on stretching and conditioning for hiking will also be offered. Depending on conditions, activities may include cross country ski clinics and tours.