Guest speaker and botanist Kevin Berend will present a program on the Ecology of Alpine Snowbank Communities. Alpine snowbank communities are rare, diverse ecosystems found in the Northeast only in sheltered sites above treeline, where snow insulates and shelters plants from wind and late-season frosts. These areas are highly sensitive to climate change, and may serve as indicators of regional changes in precipitation patterns and temperatures.
Highland Happenings Featured Evening Programs are FREE and OPEN to the public. For more information, please call (603) 278-4453.
Come one, come all to the Mt. Washington Regional Airport in Whitefield on June 24 & 25 to help celebrate the airport’s 70th birthday. Along with free admission and free ice cream both days, there will be airplane and helicopter rides, kids’ aviation crafts, a Ride the Wilds OHRV simulator, community craft fair & expo, and food vendors.
Additional highlights include the Annual Presby Tractor Show, a Classic Car Cruise-in (Saturday, 12-5 p.m.), and Model Railroad Rides.
Saturday evening (7:30-10:30) dance to the music of Not Your Mother, and on Sunday morning ( 8-11) fuel up at the FREE Pancake Breakfast compliments of the Neil & Louise Tillotson Fund and the Whitefield Lions Club.
More info is available by calling (603) 837-9532.
Join us at the fire pit for a summer camfire and s’mores!
Highland Happenings Featured Evening Programs are FREE and OPEN to the public. For more information, please call (603) 278-4453.
This concert will debut Alan Epstein’s CD, “Sunset on Meriden Hill,” released in March of this year, which features Alan on mandolin accompanied by Jim Prendergast on guitar. The CD is a wonderful, easy listening, instrumental recording of some Alan’s favorite melodies to play on the mandolin. The title track of the CD was written by Alan and was inspired by one of his frequent visits to the North Country with his wife Bonnie, a Colebrook native. Joining Alan for the concert will be Jim Prendergast who, after 30 years working in the recording studios and orchestra pits of Nashville TN, now resides in southern NH.
Bicknell’s Thrush is an extremely rare species with very limited breeding grounds. It is the rarest and most secretive of the breeding thrushes in North America and it is the only bird whose breeding is restricted to the Northeastern part of the continent. They usually breed at higher elevations, normally nesting above 3,000 ft. The unique and harsh climate is just what the birds prefer due to the combination of low vegetation and abundant moisture. The Mt. Washington Auto Road offers you a rare opportunity to view these obscure birds.
Our Bicknell’s Thrush Guided Tours leave early in the morning before the Mt. Washington Auto Road opens to the general public to insure there is as little additional noise or disturbance as possible. Our success rate at hearing and seeing this elusive thrush is quite good, but with the species in decline due to wintering habitat losses, there can be no guarantee of sightings.
Tours take place May 28, June 3, 6, 8, & 16, 2017
Tours depart from the base of the Auto Road at 6:00am and last approximately 2 hours.
Advanced reservations required.
Join us for fun afternoon of golf and camaraderie as we hit the links in support of “Say Goodnight to Hunger” and local food banks. Presented by Harpoon Brewery, the scramble will kick off at 1pm with a shotgun start. Come early to bid on some great silent auction items, then stick around for a tasty BBQ and more apres-golf fun. Register today!
Join us in beautiful Pittsburg, NH for our Spring Women’s Wellness Retreat! This all inclusive weekend will feature guided hikes, Yoga, Pilates, Zentangle Art Classes, Health & Nutrition Seminar, Archery Demo and Lesson, Paddle Boarding, Kayaking, all meals, room, relaxation!
During this AMC evening program, Kevin Berend will present “Investigating the Ecology of A Threatened Ecosystem: Snowbank Communities of Mount Washington.”
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.
Distance hikers Mike and Lori Innes provide an overview of life at AMC’s Backcountry Huts, with stories and photos of these 8 amazing backcountry places.
Highland Happenings Featured Evening Programs are FREE and OPEN to the public. For more information, please call (603) 278-4453.
Join us in beautiful Pittsburg, NH for our Spring Women’s Wellness Retreat! This all inclusive weekend will feature guided hikes, Yoga, Pilates, Zentangle Art Classes, Health & Nutrition Seminar, Archery Demo and Lesson, Paddle Boarding, Kayaking, all meals, room, relaxation!
