Location: O.H.A. Cabin, Pinkham Notch, NH. Join us for a day of gabbing and hanging out on the porch. Light chores and possibly some trail work in the morning, for the motivated. Sign up here to let us know what you’re able to bring: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iKkE77KuIxbCC5sOyUBXYfwn_8tWUlGf8mMbRyaZApY/edit?usp=sharing
Oktoberfest 2018 date: Mid-October (exact date TBD) Oktoberfest 2018 location: O.H.A. Cabin, Pinkham Notch, NH.
Location: AMC Highland Center, Crawford Notch, NH. Our big annual reunion featuring a group hike, happy hour, dinner, business meeting, and a special presentation. Reservations strongly advised as this event sells out. OHA membership buys you discounts on food and lodging.
Welcome to the new website. You’ve asked for easier navigation and more features? Here you go. Easier access to croo contact info Professional networking and jobs listings Reformatting for portable devices Easy online payment options for dues, cabin, merch Hut-by-hut chat forums Events calendar with auto-reminders Volunteer opportunities (some in exchange for free hut stays)…
Present: Bill Barrett, James Draper, Sheldon Perry, Dan Racowsky, and Stroker Rogovin. 1) Treasurer’s Report (Stroker for Moose) Dues and individual donations are slower than usual, but due to a generous gift from the family of “Pemi” Bob Prescott, donations overall are above target. Cabin income is slow, but not significantly below historical averages. Expenses…
This time around, I was hoping to convince Beth Weick to write this column— introduce herself and all that. But your Vice-chair also serves as Editor of this newsletter, and with this issue going to press, she’s busier than a one-armed paper hanger. So, not wanting to heap too much on her capable shoulders, I…
This field trip builds on last year’s success in Franconia Notch and will focus on the familiar geologic features in Pinkham Notch. Brian (an OH) has many years of research in the Notch and is well-known for leading field trips that are interesting for both trained geologists and interested laymen. Meet in the parking lot…
Bluce Sloat, Master Hutsman, Master Innovator and Master Wit, set his spirit free on August 11, 2017. He was 86. Bruce was an innovator, nature lover and traveler extraordinaire. Bruce was also a loving husband, a loving father and a lover of all things chocolate, bacon or cheese. Bruce was always happiest outside. So if…
Francis Elliott Carlson, 97, died July 8, 2017 at home in Hingham, MA. A life member of the Appalachian Mountain Club, he was a former Hutman at Pinkham (1939), Carter Notch (1940), and the Lakes (1941). Frank was a co-founder of the Washington, D.C. chapter, serving as its Chair, and also as a Hike Leader…
Roger V. Pugh passed away peacefully April 12, 2017 at the age of 87. Roger was a longtime corporate lawyer in New York City in the firms Donovan, Leisure, Newton and Irvine, and Edwards and Angell. In his “retirement,” Roger served in Paraguay as a Peace Corps volunteer with his wife Joanne, then worked abroad in Latvia,…