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Updated May 13, 2023

For all our upcoming Activities, Outings, Meetings and more – Be sure to check out our calendar page. Hope to see you soon!

AMC Online Trips Listing System for qualified Chapter Leaders

Trips Listing System – Go here to enter new trips, edit pending trips or change the status on posted (live) trips.  For edits to trips that are live, please contact the Outings Chair or any of the Approvers listed under “My Approval Queue” when you log in to the system.

If you are not currently signed up to use the system but are an approved Chapter trip leader, email: Maine Chapter Chair Bill Brooke to gain access.

Guidelines for AMC Outdoors listings:

For additional Volunteer Resources visit: Center for outdoor learning and leadership/volunteer resources

Trip leader information:

Volunteer Release Agreement:

The AMC release agreement for volunteer-led activities must be signed by all trip participants including the leaders and emailed to AMC and  Maine Chapter Chair Bill Brooke by the leader after the trip.

Other Resources:

Member discounts

Paddling, skiing, gear and more.  Please log in to AMC Member Center and check out the Member Deals page.

PLEASE NOTE:

You must register in advance before participating in any chapter trips.

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Calendar

Maine Chapter In-Person Outdoor Leadership Training

The Maine Chapter will host in-person Outdoor Leadership Training April 26 - 28, 2024, at The Maine Houses in Bryant Pond (Woodstock), ME.

The training will help you develop your Leadership Skills through instruction and role play of various scenarios you may encounter while leading an AMC trip. The Course will also cover the recommended elements of Leadership Training as outlined in the organizational Leadership Requirements and Guidelines (LRG's) and the Outdoor Leader Handbook developed by AMC.

The training will be the held over the weekend in two sections. One section will be for those individuals that are interested in becoming a Maine Chapter Front Country Leader, leading hiking trips, urban walks, etc. that are within a minimum of one hour from Emergency Services. This will be combined with a section for those individuals that are interested in becoming a Maine Chapter Back Country Trip Leader, leading more strenuous back country trips, backpacking trips, multi-day hikes, extended biking trips, longer paddling trips, etc.

Those individuals interested in becoming a Front Country Trip Leader will attend from Friday evening through dinner on Saturday. Those interested in becoming a Back Country Trip Leader will attend from Friday evening through Sunday late afternoon.

The Chapter will provide food for the weekend and will ask for volunteers from the trainees to help us prepare meals for the Trainers and Trainees.

Registration Fee: $80 per person. Your registration fee includes lodging with a variety of beds and bunks with all bedding and pillows provided, food and training costs. The facility has 9 shared bedrooms, 7 ½ bathrooms, a large gathering room, a fully equipped kitchen, and outdoor recreation space located on Lake Christopher.

Please contact the Maine Chapter Leadership Development Committee Chair ([email protected]) if you have any questions concerning how this training will fit into your path to becoming an Effective AMC Trip Leader.

Friday, April 26, 2023, arrive by 6:30 PM

Welcome and Introductions

Community Building

Leadership Approaches

Saturday, April 27, 2023

Trip Planning

Participant Screening

Risk Management and Leader Liability

Accident Scene Management

Maine Woods Initiative (MWI)

Environmental Stewardship

Leave No Trace

DEI

Getting Families Outdoors

Conclusion of Section 1 - What's Next

Sunday, April 28, 2023

Review of Saturday Sessions

Group Dynamics

On-trail scenarios with Back Country focus

Conclusion of Section 2 - What's Next

Depart 3:00 PM

Dates
Friday, April 26th 2024, 6:30 PM – Sunday, April 28th 2024 3:00 PM
Status
Open
Activities
Instruction (Skills) Leadership Training
Location
The Maine Houses, Bryant Pond (Woodstock), ME
Region
Maine, Southern and Mid-Coast
Committee
Outings
Leader
Thomas O'Brien
Leader
Jeanine Libby
Fees
Adult Member
$80
Fee Includes
Registration fee includes lodging with a variety of beds and bunks with all bedding and pillows provided, food and training costs.
Registration is required for this activity.
Register
#147673
The Maine House

AMC Outing Exploring Whaleback Shell Midden with Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust

I invite you to come spend the day with the AMC and Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust for a guided cultural tour of the historical and protected Whaleback Shell Midden. The site once contained a massive oyster shell heap (midden) formed over a period of more than 1,500 years by Native Americans. Much of the midden was removed in the late 1880s, as a result only a small portion of the Whaleback Shell Midden remains.

Managed in cooperation with the Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust, and the area around the middens is now a State Historic Site that includes the midden and small hiking trails. Nearby the site is Roundtop Farm that also has amazing views of the river (estuary) and additional walking trails. Our guide will share with us the history of this beautiful, protected area as well as the history of Roundtop Farm.

After the guided tour we will have a picnic lunch at Roundtop Farm and then if interested will travel over to Salt Bay Farm and Nature Center to explore another midden and dwellings made of local natural materials that students created as part of Coastal Rivers' Wabanaki Living Skills and Culture Program. Other highlights of the Salt Bay Farm we might see include nesting ground birds, spawning horseshoe crabs, osprey and eagles, marsh birds like sora, migrating elvers (American eels).

This outing would be classified as easy walking on uneven ground that could have some wet spots, doing 2 miles at the Whaleback Shell Midden and Roundtop Farm, then 2 ½ miles at Salt Bay Farm and Nature Center.

To participate, registration will be required and detailed information will be provided at that time.

Date
Wednesday, May 8th 2024
Status
Open
Activities
Social Events Walks
Location
Damariscotta, Maine
Region
Maine, Southern and Mid-Coast
Committee
Outings
Leader
Jeanine Libby
Registration is required for this activity.
Register
#149585
Whaleback Midden

Rumford White Cap

The summit 2214ft. This is a moderate 4.6 mile roundtrip hike. The summit has a 360 view which is spectacular. It includes Black Mt. the White mountains of New Hampshire, Mt Zircon and many summits of Oxford Hills

Date
Sunday, May 19th 2024, 9:15 AM – 4:00 PM
Status
Open
Activities
Hiking
Location
Western Maine
Region
Maine, Western
Committee
Outings
Leader
Susan Surabian
Leader
Diane Neff
Registration is required for this activity.
Register
#149642