Location: Lake Conestee Nature Park, Greenville, SCDate: December 28, 2016Distance: 1.55 miles roundtripElevation Gain: 275 feetOur Hiking Time: 1 hours, 37 minutes roundtripTrail Blaze: Black Diamonds & Black CirclesDifficulty: EasyTrail Map We are down south for the holidays, and with the great...
Snowshoeing is a relatively new adventure for us. Though I had long been interested in the sport, it wasn’t until our students in the Outdoor Adventure Club asked me to take them snowshoeing that I...
Camping with a toddler is challenging. Add in eight teenagers, most of whom are not English speakers, and things get even more interesting! As the leader of my school’s Outdoor Adventure Club, I take the kids...
[box style=”rounded” border=”full”]Location: Pawtuckaway State Park, Nottingham, NH Date: November 10, 2013 Distance: 4.91 miles roundtrip Elevation Gain: 330 feet Our Hiking Time: 3 hours, 15 minutes round trip Trail Blaze: White Diamonds (Round Pond Trail), White Rectangles (South Ridge...
[box style=”rounded” border=”full”]Location: West Rattlesnake Mountain, Holderness, NH Date: October 14, 2013 Distance: 3.11 miles roundtrip Elevation Gain: 351 feet Our Hiking Time: 2 hours, 28 minutes round trip Trail Blaze: Yellow Rectangles Difficulty: Easy Trail Map[/box] This is my third...
[box style=”rounded” border=”full”] Location: Mt. Major, Alton Bay, NH Date: June 2, 2013 Distance: 4.14 miles roundtrip Elevation Gain: 1,168 feet Our Hiking Time: 4 hours, 15 minutes roundtrip Trail Blaze: Blue Rectangle (Mt. Major & Major-Straightback Link...
I love taking my Outdoor Adventures Club students into nature! It’s a great opportunity to get to know my students outside the classroom, and I love how excited they get when they hike their...
Like most of the kids in my urban hometown, I did not grow up communing with nature. As an adult, I have come to seek refuge in the outdoors, and spend a great deal...
Tonight was a cold night for skiing, snowboarding, and tubing – but I went anyway… with 14 members of the Outdoor Adventure Club! We decided to make the trek to McIntyre Ski Area in...
Yesterday we took the Outdoor Adventure Club to Pat’s Peak in Henniker, NH. I work at an inner-city high school, so most of my kids have never been skiing or snowboarding – it’s too...