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Wilderness Matters Maine Chapter NON-PROFIT Appalachian Mountain Club U.S.-POSTAGE PO Box 1534 P A I D Portland, Maine 04104 BRUNSWICK,-ME Wilderness PERMIT NO. 65 Matters Maine Chapter, Appalachian Mountain Club Volume XXXVIII • Number 3 • Summer 2013 AMC Fall Gathering 2013: Discover AMC Beyond Maine By John Mullens, Meetings & Education Chair I went to my first Mohawk Hudson Chapter in upstate New the camp roads (bikes and helmets Fall Gathering two York. Among the 200 people there, we just available), or bring your own bike for a road In the beautiful Delaware Water Gap National Recreational Area October 18-20 During the peak of the fall foliage years ago and happened to sign up for the same hike or mountain bike ride. Horseback riding, plus Activities include full and half day hikes, paddling trips, biking available throughout the camp roads (bikes and helmets available) or bring your own bike for a road ride. For those I’m not sure why. Saturday morning, then again Saturday canoe and boat rentals on the lake. For those over the age of 12, try the ropes course, zip line and climbing tower. Saturday night join in the dancing or relax around the campfire. For the kids and families, there are The annual Fall afternoon, and then for the same Sunday over the age of 12, try the ropes course, zip nature walks through a bog area, making critter creatures, biking Camp Speers-Eljabar YMCA, Dingmans Ferry, PA is a (equipment available) for children full service facility located on the edge of the ages seven and up. Saturday night spectacular 70,000 acre Delaware Water Gap you will have your own campfire National Recreation Area. Accommodations include Gathering is an morning kayak paddle. It didn’t take me long line, and climbing tower. Saturday night join with ghost stories, singing and a both lodges and tenting, meals, plus on-site trails hayride. and a large lake. Before the Fall Gathering: Fall Foliage Getaway at Mohican, October 16-18 There is an option for those traveling a AMC Club-wide to know we had some serious connections in the barn dancing with live music or relax long distance just to sit in meetings all weekend. Come early and hike and play for three days prior to the Fall Gathering. Stay at our southernmost AMC facility, Mohican Outdoor Center, located near active weekend going on. The weekend seemed to be one around the campfire. Stay in comfortable Blairstown, NJ, where volunteers will be hosting a Fall Foliage Getaway on October 16-18. Hike and paddle on the New Jersey side of the Water Gap. Hikes will be led by volunteers, or grab a map that yearly rotates long conversation with Randy and Amy, lodges and cabins, or tent. Family lodging. and venture out on your own. On Friday, take a scenic 45 minute drive to Camp Speers-Eljabar and the Fall Gathering. Hosted by the Delaware Valley Chapter of the Appalachian Mountain Club locations among interspersed with active pursuits. Now, All meals provided.” www.outdoors.org AMC’s 12 Chapters. each succeeding Fall Gathering is richer I’m still not sure why I went to that first It’s a time to do lots of hiking, paddling, bike than the last and I expect this October in Fall Gathering, but it was one of the best riding, or whatever you choose in locations Pennsylvania will be no exception. AMC decisions I’ve made. I invite you to you’ve probably not had a prior opportunity This year’s Fall Gathering is hosted by the make a similar first decision for this coming to visit. That much I knew. Delaware Valley Chapter and I invite you October. AMC Fall Gathering 2013 is a What I didn’t know is that the Fall Gathering to picture yourself there. Here is what the time to celebrate the season, expand your is also a major time of connecting with other volunteer organizers say: horizons, and make lasting friendships. And like-minded people from places you’ve never “Join us for AMC’s Fall Gathering 2013 in listen; email me if you decide to go, and I’ll heard of, while outside hiking, paddling, the beautiful Delaware Water Gap National introduce you to Randy and Amy! bike riding, or whatnot. And that can be so Recreational Area October 18-20 during the For more information on this year’s Fall invigorating! peak of the fall foliage. Activities include full Gathering, and, later, to register, go to: It was at my first Fall Gathering that I met and half-day hikes ranging from easy to hard, www.amcfall.org. Randy and Amy, AMC members from the paddling trips, biking available throughout Two Big AMC Anniversaries to Celebrate SAVE THE DATE! By Carey Kish, Newsletter Editor l can hardly believe that it’s been 10 years AMC Maine Chapter since the AMC purchased the K-I Tract in the Annual Meeting 100-Mile Wilderness, all 37,000 outstanding acres of it, and began what we all know so well now – the Maine Woods Initiative. It all SATURDAY, seems so natural now, an AMC presence NOVEMBER 2, 2013 in the heart of this huge block of forestland – the wild mountain ranges and dozens of DiMillo’s Floating Restaurant, remote lakes and ponds – threaded together Portland by the Appalachian Trail. What a difference a decade makes! 5PM Social Hour, Appetizers, Cash Bar To add to their 2003 holdings, AMC Little Lyford. Photo by Carey Kish 6PM A Delicious Dinner! purchased the adjacent 26,500-acre the three revitalized backcountry lodges and (several choices available) Roach Ponds Tract in 2009. This deal, part cabins – Little Lyford, Gorman Chairback, 7PM Business Meeting of the 363,000-acre Moosehead Region and Medawisla (to re-open in 2015 or Conservation Easement, was significant all thereabouts); 80 miles of trails for cross- 8PM Guest Speaker TBD by itself, being part of one of the largest country skiing, hiking, and fishing; 21,000 conservation projects in U.S. history. But the acres of ecological reserve that protects $35 per person fact that it helped create a continuous 63- the headwaters of the West Branch of (includes dinner, gratuity, tax and parking) mile corridor of conservation and recreation the Pleasant River and the Roach River; a Complete details and advance lands from the AMCs K-I Tract to the block of forest sustainably managed and registration information available soon northern boundary of Baxter State Park is harvested; and educational and outreach online at www.amcmaine.org. simply amazing. programs that have connected these So there you have it, in brief – an efforts to the people of the neighboring incredible 10-year effort that has yielded communities. - continued on page 5 Saturday, November 2: Maine Chapter Annual Meeting, OUTINGS/EVENTS/ DiMillo’s Restaurant, Portland. Join us at DiMillo’s Floating Restaurant, 25 Long Wharf in Portland for our Annual MEETINGS/EDUCATION Business Meeting. More details TBA. Leader: Larry Dyer, (207) A Note about the Listings 655 -9097, [email protected]; CL: Roger David, (207) 737- The listings below—presented in date order by category— 9870, [email protected]. include only those posted online prior to the submission deadline for this issue of Wilderness Matters. For the most complete and accurate information and up-to-date listings—and HIKING so you don’t miss spontaneous outings—please periodically Wednesday, July 10: Mt. Chocorua hike, Kancamagus Hwy, check out the Calendar online at www.amcmaine.org/calendar. White Mountains. Hike Champney Falls Trail, 2500’ elevation For general questions or comments regarding these listings, gain, 7+ miles RT, great views, big mountain feel! Steep contact Michelle Moody, Outings Chair, [email protected] terrain at moderate pace, full day outing, lunch on summit. or (207) 319-7355. Contact registrar/co-leader to sign up. Trip Difficulty: moderate/difficult. Leader: Michelle Moody, (207) 319-7355, Note: Please be courteous when contacting trip leaders by doing [email protected]. Registrar: Carla Dow, (207) 439-9369 so before 9:00 PM unless otherwise specified, please and thanks. (best time to call: 8PM to 10PM), [email protected]. Next Deadline, Wilderness Matters, Fall Issue: Sept. 1, 2013. Saturday, July 13: Mt. Eisenhower via Edmands Path, White Wilderness Matters is your chapter newsletter. Everyone is Mountains. Hike Edmands Path to summit of Eisenhower welcome and encouraged to contribute, be it stories, news, (4780’) for one of the best views in the Presidentials. 6.6 mi. opinions, photos, or whatnot. We want to hear from you! Please RT, 2750’ elevation gain. Moderate pace. Rain date: July 14. send submissions to [email protected]. Thank you! Trip Difficulty: Moderate. Leader: Ray Cooper, (207) 929-2726, [email protected]. MEETINGS Friday, July 19: Mt Carrigain, New Hampshire. Hike Mt. Carrigain (4700’) via Signal Ridge Trail. 10 miles, 3250’ elevation gain, Thursday, September 12: Executive Committee Meeting, magnificent 360 view, steep terrain, moderate pace, great Freeport. Maine Chapter Ex Com meets every odd month workout! Trip Difficulty: moderate to strenuous. Leader: (January, March, May, July, September, and November) on the Wayne Newton, (207) 897-3072, [email protected]. second Thursday. Important conservation topics, outdoor and educational activities, finances, and other items are discussed. Saturday, July 20: Bold Coast – Downeast Maine, Cutler, ME. Open to all. Meetings held in upstairs meeting room of Explore the beautiful Bold Coast, the hike that “bankrupts Freeport McDonald’s from 6:30-8:30 pm. Leader: Larry Dyer, the English language.” We’ll hike the Fairy Head Loop [email protected]. linking the Coastal and Inland trails. 9.2 miles RT, w/ 4 of those miles along the oceanfront.
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