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Chocorua Mountain Club Annual Trail Clearing Day & Dinner

Chocorua Lake Conservancy

The Grove, Chocorua Lake, Chocorua Lake Road
Chocorua, NH 03817
United States

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Family-Friendly

Yes

High Adventure

No

Setting

Outdoors

About the Event

Volunteer with a view! For more than 100 years, Chocorua Mountain Club (CMC) members have been maintaining trails on Mount Chocorua and Mount Paugus. In 2023, Chocorua Mountain Club merged into Chocorua Lake Conservancy (CLC), and now CLC’s Chocorua Mountain Club Trails Committee is organizing year-round trail stewardship and upholding tradition with the annual second-Saturday-in-May Trail Clearing Day. If you love to hike Chocorua or on conservation land, come help keep the trails clear and safe, and meet others who also love this place. On Saturday, May 10 at 9 AM, join Chocorua Lake Conservancy for the Annual CMC Trail Clearing Day. Meet at 9 AM sharp at the Grove at Chocorua Lake, on Chocorua Lake Road just off of Route 16, for tools and trail assignments. No special skills needed. Participants will have two options: Hike the Mountain, a full-day hike on CMC trails on Chocorua and Paugus, clearing water bars and blowdowns, and maybe hiking the summit for fun. Or, help protect Chocorua Lake Conservancy trails, a half-day hike on conservation land, clearing CLC trails on land around the lake, followed by a nap or a swim! Please register in advance so that we can let you know if any plans change.

What to bring

Wear sturdy close-toed shoes or boots and long pants, bring plenty of water to drink, snacks (and lunch, if you plan to hike the mountain), sun and bug protection as needed, and a first-aid kit for small cuts and bruises—i.e. standard hiking gear. Tools are provided as needed, but it’s helpful if you can bring your own sturdy steel rake and/or big clippers, and gloves—no power tools, please. After our work day, please come celebrate our work and socialize with fellow CMC trail volunteers over drinks (BYOB) and dinner at 5:30 PM at Runnells Hall (25 Deer Hill Rd, Chocorua). A hearty buffet dinner (a large ham, pizza, salad) will be served at 6:30 PM. Trail crews will share trail reports around 7:30 PM. Please bring an appetizer, side dish, or dessert to share if you’re able. Any tools that have not yet been returned can be brought to the supper.

Youth Instructions

Youth under 18 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Questions?

Contact Anna Paddock at apaddock@chocorualake.org or 603-323-6252.

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