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We spend our time playing in the woods and hope you’ll join us. We range from near to far, on the water, rocks, trees, trails and snow that make up this wonderful planet. From Glen to Glacier, we value all forms of human-powered outdoor recreation and invite everyone to join us.
  • Warm sunny weather and beautiful fall foliage made for an unforgettable fall break for members of the Hamilton Outing Club. The short vacation saw Outing Club trips hiking in the Adirondacks and sea kayaking in the Atlantic off the coast of Maine while other members used the break to tackle personal outdoors challenges throughout the Northeast.

  • More than 125 Hamilton students took to the High Peaks of the Adirondacks on Sept. 24 and 25 for the Outing Club’s (HOC) annual 46 Peaks Weekend.

  • If there was ever an internship tailor made for a student, Sam Bernstein ’17 has found it. Bernstein is a veteran Hamilton Outing Club member and leader who is interning this summer at Zoar Outdoor in Western Massachusetts. Zoar is an outdoor recreation company that offers guided whitewater rafting trips, zipline canopy tours, and whitewater kayaking and canoeing instruction for everyone from beginners to advanced paddlers.

  • Summer break has just begun, but Gaby Pilson ’17 has already had a memorable experience. Pilson, a member of Central Oneida County Volunteer Ambulance Corps., is a glacier guide in Seward, Alaska, this summer. An active member of the Hamilton Outing Club, she put her EMT training and outdoor leadership experience to use when she assisted in a medical rescue last week.

  • At opposite ends of the U.S. members of the Outing Club swam in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans during the second week of spring break.  In Big Sur, California, a stretch of land along the coast about three hours south of San Francisco, nine students waded into the frigid Pacific Ocean waters.  Thousands of miles away, on the east coast, nine other Hamilton students paddled to the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay in Virginia, where water from seven different states meets the Atlantic Ocean.

  • Mountains are a “defining characteristic of American culture,” according to Maurice Isserman, the Publius Virgilius Rogers Professor of American History. He spoke about the release of his new book Continental Divide, a tale of American mountaineering, on April 7 in Glen House.

  • Though the winter weather in Upstate New York this year has been nothing but sporadic and unpredictable, it has not stopped the Hamilton Outing Club from getting into the woods and playing in the snow. However, since winter conditions in the Upstate region are usually much colder and snowier than fall or spring conditions, student Outing  Club leaders who have been trained to handle mild fall weather must be trained with a different skill to handle most extreme winter conditions.

  • Camping outside in January in the Northeast in a foot of snow with nothing but a foam pad and sleeping bag separating you from the cold earth might not appeal to many people.  But this past winter break, seven students braved the frigid Adirondack winter for five days in the Adirondacks High Peaks Wilderness the week before the new semester began.  This camping trip was “designed for Outing Club leaders who want to build their skill set and lead trips in a variety of conditions,” according to one of the trip’s leaders, Annie Emanuels ’16.

  • The Hamilton Outing Club (HOC) recently collaborated with WHCL, the college’s radio station, to present Hamilton Hum-The Great Outdoors a student storytelling event.

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  • Author Joseph Taylor, professor of history at Simon Fraser University, visited Hamilton on Nov. 10 to deliver a lecture on “The Dawn Wall and the Golden Ages of Yosemite.”

Contact

Andrew Jillings

Director of Outdoor Leadership

Office Location
Glen House

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