We’ve all experienced it before. You show up at a park ready for a day outside, only to find out-of-service water fountains at the visitor center, faded signage making it hard to track your progress on a trail, or dilapidated picnic tables at your campsite. Sometimes, the challenges are more serious, such as unsafe trails, failing water and ...

AMC Lonesome Lake Hut, Franconia Notch State Park, White Mountain National Forest, NH. Photo by Chris Shane.

Jean Camuso’s connection to AMC’s High Mountain Huts started over 40 years ago,...

AMC Lakes of the Clouds Hut, White Mountain National Forest, N.H. Photo by Amanda Garza.

It’s my first time at an AMC High Mountain Hut and I’m standing in the middle of Lakes of the Clouds dining hall,...

Author Ed Kane and Marty Wallace

Perhaps the most iconic stretch of the Appalachian Trail is the

The Pemigewasset Loop (often called the Pemi Loop) is an iconic 31-mile loop in the Pemigewasset Wilderness, a 45,000-acre area in the center of the White Mountain National Forest. Whereas we call it a loop, it’s really lollipop-shaped with a short stick (1.4 miles – the end of the Lincoln Woods Trail) at the bottom/Southern end of the loop that serves as starting and ending ...