AMC Presents: Go Take A Hike!

Guest presenter and author Allen Crabtree will share hiking tips for seniors.

The programs are free and open to the public. Call to find out more or to be added to the monthly email list: (603) 466-2721 or outdoors.org/pinkhamhappenings.

AMC Presents: Leave No Trace

Join the Leave No Trace Traveling Trainers and learn how to protect and enjoy the outdoors responsibly.

The programs are free and open to the public. Call to find out more or to be added to the monthly email list: (603) 466-2721 or outdoors.org/pinkhamhappenings.

AMC Presents: Music of the White Mountains

Ben Cosgrove is a traveling composer-performer whose “electrifying and exhilarating” instrumental music is inspired by places and landscapes around North America. In 2015-16, Ben served as the Artist-In-Residence for the White Mountain National Forest, and he has also held residencies and fellowships at other national parks and arts centers. His performances have been described as “stunning” (RedLine Roots) and as “compelling and beautiful” (The Harvard Crimson).

Highland Happenings Featured Evening Programs are FREE and OPEN to the public. For more information, please call (603) 278-4453.

Weeks State Park Presents: Lucy Crawford — A Living History Presentation

Lucy Crawford’s 1845 History of the White Mountains was the first book published about the White Mountains, a chronicle of the Crawford family’s 50-year effort to introduce the visiting public to the wonders and beauty of the area. Dijit Taylor’s living history portrayal of Lucy Crawford evokes the early days of mountain exploration and trail building with associated disasters, birth and death, love and betrayal, and day-to-day life. Dijit was inspired to create the character of Lucy Crawford both by Lucy’s own book and by time spent at AMC’s Mizpah Spring Hut when her daughters were on the crew.

Weeks State Park summer programs are held on Thursdays at 7pm in the Summit Lodge’s Great Room. Attendance is free and the public is invited to all programs. Call for confirmation of dates and topics.

AMC Presents: Wednesday Night with A Ranger

Join the AMC at one of its Featured Evening Programs: Wednesday Night with a US Forest Service Ranger.

Pinkham Notch evening programs are free and open to the public. Call to find out more or to be added to the monthly email list: (603) 466-2721 or outdoors.org/pinkhamhappenings.

AMC Presents: Mountains of Stars — Indoor Planetarium Program

Check out the night sky in our new planetarium. Our student Astronomy Guides will discuss featured highlights in the Milky Way and the sky you can see from New England.

Highland Happenings Featured Evening Programs are FREE and OPEN to the public. For more information, please call (603) 278-4453.

AMC Presents: Mosses, Liverworts & Hornworts

Always wanted to know more about mosses, liverworts and hornworts? Then join Featured Evening Speaker Ralph Pope, author of the newly published A Field Guide to Bryophytes of the Northeast, and learn more about this fascinating subject.

The day includes a Talk and Walk at 9 a.m. & an Evening Presentation at 8 p.m.

On Saturday morning Pope will take participants on a short walk to introduce mosses and their close allies, the liverworts and hornworts, with a brief discussion of how they fit into the larger scheme of biodiversity. Then identification characteristics will be discussed inside before heading to the field to scout them out and see them first hand.

The field guide that will be of main reference focus is Mosses, Liverworts, and Hornworts, A Field Guide to Bryophytes of the Northeast by trip leader Ralph Pope; however, if you have other bryophyte identification references, please feel free to bring them along. We will have copies of Mosses Liverworts and Hornworts for sale and will also have a few loaner copies for use on the walk.

If you can’t make it during the day join Pope after dinner on at 8 p.m. for an indoor presentation: An Introduction to Mosses, Liverworts, and Hornwort. In this talk Pope will discuss how Mosses, Liverworts, and Hornworts fit into the larger scheme of biodiversity, we’ll look at some bryophyte ecology, and some of the characteristics used to identify these plants in the field.

The programs are free and open to the public. Call to find out more or to be added to the monthly email list: (603) 466-2721 or outdoors.org/pinkhamhappenings.

Weeks State Park Presents: Coming Soon: The Cougar Comes to the East

Once flatly dismissed as an impossibility, scientists have now documented cougars not only being seen in eastern North America, some are attempting to recolonize their former habitats. This program is a magnificently illustrated introduction to cougar biology and ecology in the broad diversity of habitats from Alberta to the Arizona/Mexico border. Throughout North America, Susan C. Morse of Keeping Track is highly regarded as an expert in natural history and tracking, with more than 40 years of experience monitoring wildlife and interpreting wildlife habitat use. Her research has focused on cougar, bobcat, black bear and Canada lynx.

Weeks State Park summer programs are held on Thursdays at 7pm in the Summit Lodge’s Great Room. Attendance is free and the public is invited to all programs. Call for confirmation of dates and topics.

AMC Presents: Wednesday Night with a USFS Ranger

Join the AMC at one of its Featured Evening Programs: Wednesday Night with a US Forest Service Ranger.

Pinkham Notch evening programs are free and open to the public. Call to find out more or to be added to the monthly email list: (603) 466-2721 or outdoors.org/pinkhamhappenings.

AMC Presents: White Mtn. History — Trail Blazing & Exploring

AMC Volunteer Josh Gillenson is the featured speaker, presenting a program on  “White Mountain History Trail Blazing & Exploring in the 19th & Early 20th Centuries.”

Pinkham Notch evening programs are free and open to the public. Call to find out more or to be added to the monthly email list: (603) 466-2721 or outdoors.org/pinkhamhappenings.