Upcoming Events
Ragged 75 Stage Race
The Ragged 75 Stage Race is a challenging 75-mile race with approximately 15,500 feet of elevation gain that includes very technical single-track, steep climbs & descents, double track, fire roads, dirt/gravel roads & pavement. We have also added a 50k on Sunday to make the race accessible to folks who can not get away for 3 days.
Chamber 101
Name: Chamber 101 - August 2025
Date: August 5, 2025
Time: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EDT
Event Description:
New Member? Just joined a business that is an existing Chamber member?
Want to get more involved in your business community, but not sure what the Chamber offers?
Join us for Chamber 101, an interactive session where you'll meet Chamber staff and learn about the organization's scope of work. You'll leave with a better idea of the Chamber's overall structure, mission and programs, and most importantly, how engagement can benefit your business and professional development.
This program is part presentation, part dialogue, so please come with your questions!
Chamber Golf Classic
Name: 2025 Chamber Golf Classic
Date: August 7, 2025
Time: 7:30 AM - 3:00 PM EDT
Event Description:
Join fellow Chamber Members for a day of fun competition, networking, and supporting the mission of the Chamber. The tournament will be held on Thursday, August 7th at the beautiful Stonebridge Country Club. Our event will feature a morning networking reception, on-field contests, and a guaranteed fun day out on the course with colleagues and Chamber friends. The tournament will follow a scramble format with a shot gun start and all levels of play are encouraged to participate.
Sponsorships are an important part of making the Chamber Golf Classic an annual success. Your investment not only directly helps support the mission of the chamber, but also provides high quality marketing and branding for your company. We hope you will consider these sponsorship options for your business. For sponsorship opportunities, please take a look here and email sponsorship@manchester-chamber.org with any questions.
Crosscut Maintenance Work at Camp Dodge
Staff Led
Crosscut Maintenance Workshop
HIGHLIGHTS
Trail Work on August 9 2025, in Gorham, NH
START LOCATION
1 Camp Dodge R, Gorham, NH, 03581, US (44.307899, -71.217242)
END LOCATION
Same as start location
START
Saturday, August 9, 2025 | 9:00 AM
END
Saturday, August 9, 2025 | 2:00 PM
DESCRIPTION
Are you interested in learning more about the use, history, and maintenance of a crosscut saw? If so, you are in luck! The AMC Trails Department is happy to announce a new workshop dedicated to the maintenance and sharpening of the crosscut saw.
The class will spend a few hours in the workshop here at the Camp Dodge Trails Center, going over different types of saws with hands-on learning about how to properly sharpen and file these historic saws. After classroom time in the shop, we will be moving outside to put your work to the test and see how the saws cuts.
This course is designed to provide the technical knowledge and skills that employees or volunteers will need to maintain crosscut saws safely through a combination of classroom and field training.
Please be sure to wear long pants, good boots, food, water, and any layers you may need to be outside. Personal protection equipment such as gloves, eye protection, and hardhat will be provided.
DIFFICULTY RATING
4 - Moderate
DIFFICULTY RATING DEFINITION
Fitness level and/or past experience to sustain the activity at a moderate pace is required. Expect to be active up to 4-6 hours per day. Reasonable breaks in the action.
OFFERED BY
AMC Staff Led Programs
STATUS
Open
TRIP LEADERS
Erik Samia
AMC Highland Center Summer Concerts: Wayne Long and Arthetta Faye
This dynamic duo blends Americana, folk, and country blues, with Wayne’s masterful guitar work and Arthetta’s soulful autoharp and vocals creating an intimate and mesmerizing performance.
All performances take place at the AMC Highland Center, located at Crawford Notch, US-302, Bretton Woods, NH 03575. Admission is FREE. For more details, call 603-466-2727.These concerts are free but advance registration is requested at www.outdoors.org/concerts.
Trail Work Day on Wentworth Trail
When: Sunday, Aug 10, from 9am – 2pm
Where: Wentworth Trail / Mead Base Trailhead Sandwich, NH 03227
Come volunteer with the Squam Lakes Association on Sunday, Aug 10, from 9am – 2pm, for a hike up Mt. Israel via Wentworth Trail to help maintain the path! We will start our day by meeting at the Mead Base Trailhead parking lot at 9am. From there we will hike toward the summit and use dirt working tools to clear water bars on the trail. Water bars divert water and runoff away from the path and help prevent erosion. Once we reach the top, we will eat lunch and celebrate a job well done before hiking back down to Mead Base. Bring your friends to enjoy this iconic route and help give back to the hiking community!
This will be a ~2 mile hike up Wentworth Trail to the summit of Mt Israel (~4 miles out and back). Participants should bring plenty of snacks, lunch, water, bug spray, hiking boots and extra layers. Volunteers are encouraged to bring their own safety glasses, working gloves, and dirt working tools as well, but SLA can provide any of those materials if needed. Children must be accompanied by an adult. For more information, or to sign up for this volunteer program, visit the SLA website (squamlakes.org) or contact the SLA directly (603-968-7336).
For more than 75 years, the trails in the Squam Lakes region have been maintained by the Squam Lakes Association. There are 57 miles of hiking trails and 3 miles of mountain bike trails in the SLA network, and the SLA performs over 2,500 hours of trail construction and maintenance each year with help from Volunteer Trail Adopters.
The Squam Lakes Association is dedicated to conserving for public benefit the natural beauty, peaceful character and resources of the watershed. In collaboration with local and state partners the SLA promotes the protection, careful use and shared enjoyment of the lakes, mountains, forests, open spaces and wildlife of the Squam Lakes Region.
AMC Highland Center Summer Concerts: Community Open Mic with Bruce Marshall
Legendary guitarist and songwriter Bruce Marshall, known for his work with Toy Caldwell and Lynyrd Skynyrd, hosts a special community open mic. Acoustic musicians and singers are welcome to take the stage and share their talents. Sign-ups begin at 6:30 PM
All performances take place at the AMC Highland Center, located at Crawford Notch, US-302, Bretton Woods, NH 03575. Admission is FREE. For more details, call 603-466-2727.These concerts are free but advance registration is requested at www.outdoors.org/concerts.
Network It Night
Name: Network it Night @ TFMoran
Date: August 14, 2025
Time: 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM EDT
Event Description:
Join fellow Chamber Members for an evening of networking, summer BBQ fare, cold drinks & ice cream hosted by our friends at TFMoran!
Under the tent rain or shine!
Water Quality Day
Volunteer: Water Quality Day
When: Sunday, Aug 17, from 9:30am – 3pm
Where: Squam Lakes Association, 534 Us Route 3, Holderness NH 03245
The Squam Lakes Association's water-quality data set is the oldest in the northeast, and we need YOU to help keep it going. Volunteer water quality monitoring is a great way to get involved in the Squam community, get outside, and contribute to important research. Join us to collect a water column sample and a data profile at one of our monitoring sites on Sunday, Aug 17, from 9:30am – 3pm.
The purpose of this excursion is to get folks out on the water and show them how the SLA and its volunteers collect water quality data. Participants will get hands-on experience using our equipment from the boat. We will meet at the SLA headquarters and then head out to Moultonborough Bay to collect a water sample. Once we're finished, we will dock on Moon or Bowman Island to eat lunch and take in the scenic views. For more information, or to sign up for this volunteer program, visit the SLA website (squamlakes.org) or contact the SLA directly (603-968-7336).
The SLA has been building its water quality data set since 1978. Our volunteer network is crucial to gathering samples and measurements at our deep-water monitoring sites across the watershed. Water quality data informs our understanding of the watershed and helps direct the actions we take to conserve it. Each site offers unique insights into the lake’s health, so every location counts.
The Squam Lakes Association is dedicated to conserving for public benefit the natural beauty, peaceful character and resources of the watershed. In collaboration with local and state partners the SLA promotes the protection, careful use and shared enjoyment of the lakes, mountains, forests, open spaces and wildlife of the Squam Lakes Region.
Kickstart GMC
Name: Kickstart GMC - August 2025
Date: August 20, 2025
Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
Event Description:
This is a monthly program for new businesses, new Chamber Members, and new professionals in Manchester. Come to network and learn more about ways to engage in the community, make new connections, and learn some insider tips from the Chamber and your fellow attendees
Small Business Connections Presented by Bank of New Hampshire
Name: Small Business Connections presented by Bank of New Hampshire
Date: August 20, 2025
Time: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EDT
Event Description:
Join Paul Donehue, owner of Paul Charles & Associates, and the Chamber's Membership team for Small Business Connections!
Small Business Connections is a facilitator-led program that aims to make networking less “work!” The training content changes every month but is always centered on sharpening your communications and planning to make every interaction more intentional and productive. Following presentation of the brief topic, you will directly connect to discuss and practice skills with fellow attendees! This program is a dynamic duo of both helpful tips & effective relationship building.
Lunch will be served!
AMC Highland Center Summer Concerts: Beg, Steal or Borrow
Dubbed the “Triple Crown Bluegrass Band” by Bluegrass Today, Beg, Steal or Borrow has captivated audiences with its award-winning musicianship. Inspired by Old and In the Way, they deliver high-energy performances filled with original songs and beloved bluegrass classics.
All performances take place at the AMC Highland Center, located at Crawford Notch, US-302, Bretton Woods, NH 03575. Admission is FREE. For more details, call 603-466-2727.These concerts are free but advance registration is requested at www.outdoors.org/concerts.
2 Day Rock Work Training at Camp Dodge
Staff Led
2-Day Rock Work Training at Camp Dodge Trails Center
HIGHLIGHTS
Trail Work on August 30 2025, in Gorham, NH
START LOCATION
1 Camp Dodge Rd, Gorham, NH, 03581, US (42.135613, -72.858462)
END LOCATION
Same as start location
START
Saturday, August 30, 2025 | 9:00 AM
END
Sunday, August 31, 2025 | 4:00 PM
DESCRIPTION
Ever hike a trail and find yourself amazed by the rock structures you, see? If so, then this is the workshop for you! This introductory class focuses on the fundamentals of rock work. Learn about body mechanics, how to safely quarry and move rocks to build trail structures.
These two days of our rock work program focus on how to safely and effectively move rocks to work with. Participants will learn terms and techniques such as the flip, pick and pry, wrap, drag, waddle, and row in order to get rock onto the trail and staged to build with. This is a must for anyone trying to build their skill set and want to learn how much goes into rock work. The class will also be focusing on the best techniques and standards for how to set rocks in order to build various trail structures. Learn about how to best dig a hole for your rocks, crush setting, and the reason why we build the way we do. Learn from some of the region’s best stone workers in this in-depth hands-on course that rocks!
Please be sure to wear long pants, good boots, food, water, and any layers you may need to be outside. Personal protection equipment such as gloves, eye protection, and hardhat will be provided.
DIFFICULTY RATING
4 - Moderate
DIFFICULTY RATING DEFINITION
Fitness level and/or past experience to sustain the activity at a moderate pace is required. Expect to be active up to 4-6 hours per day. Reasonable breaks in the action.
OFFERED BY
AMC Staff Led Programs
STATUS
Open
TRIP LEADERS
Erik Samia
Great Glen Trails: Big Day Brewing Summer Mountain Bike Series
We're excited to kick off our weekly mountain bike series Tuesday afternoons at 3:30 pm starting June 24, 2025. This fun for all abilities and ages community series will run for six weeks.
Racers can bike the long, short, mini, or adaptive courses between 3:30 pm and 6:45 pm. The course varies each year, taking advantage of both wide carriage roads and more challenging single track. You can enjoy the series as a timed racer, or untimed — just to get out each week and enjoy the fresh air.
Thanks to Big Day Brewing in Gorham, NH for stepping up as our title sponsor for Summer 2025!
Martin Wallem ALS Foundation Sunrise Ascent
Join Adaptive Sports Partners on Sunday, July 27th, 2025 for our most exciting event of the year, The Martin Wallem ALS Foundation Sunrise Ascent on Mt. Washington, an empowering fundraising event to benefit Adaptive Sports Partners , a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering people with disabilities by building community, confidence, and skills, through sport, recreation, and adventure.
Before sunrise, on Sunday, July 27th, 2025 athletes and their teams will ascend the 7.6 miles of Mount Washington Auto Road, determined to reach the 6,288-foot summit of Mount Washington.
Each team includes an athlete with a disability, and a team of registered crew, who support the athlete as they climb to the summit, fundraise and reach their Team Summit Goal Pledge. After the teams complete their hike to the summit, registered roadrunners help to transport athletes and their crew in their vehicles back down to the base area. Together the teams are inspired by the beauty of the sunrise, the majesty of the Presidential Range, and the determination shared amongst them.
The goal for this event is to raise over $62,880 to help fund the operating budget of Adaptive Sports Partners.
Crew and Roadrunner Registrations open on May 1st, 2025!
AMC Highland Center Summer Concerts: Karen Mueller with Geoff Goodhue
Renowned autoharp and mountain dulcimer virtuoso Karen Mueller joins multi-instrumentalist Geoff Goodhue for an unforgettable evening of Appalachian, Celtic, and contemporary music. Their breathtaking harmonies and expert musicianship bring old traditions to life with modern energy.
All performances take place at the AMC Highland Center, located at Crawford Notch, US-302, Bretton Woods, NH 03575. Admission is FREE. For more details, call 603-466-2727.These concerts are free but advance registration is requested at www.outdoors.org/concerts.
TrikeFest
Trike Fest
What: 1 day of group rides and fun to celebrate our community and trails and to thank our supporters! It’s FREE fun!
When: Saturday, July 26
Saturday Morning
Group Rides start at 10am:
-Franconia Area NEMBA - ACT parking lot on Wells Rd
-PRKR MTN Trails - School Street parking lot
- BTA - there will be NO group rides at BTA
Saturday Afternoon
Party: 2-4pm at the PRKR MTN Pump track. Live music from Broke & Ugly, food, beer, good people! Bike demos from Littleton Bike & Fitness. Free & fun community event
Great Glen Trails: Big Day Brewing Summer Mountain Bike Series
We're excited to kick off our weekly mountain bike series Tuesday afternoons at 3:30 pm starting June 24, 2025. This fun for all abilities and ages community series will run for six weeks.
Racers can bike the long, short, mini, or adaptive courses between 3:30 pm and 6:45 pm. The course varies each year, taking advantage of both wide carriage roads and more challenging single track. You can enjoy the series as a timed racer, or untimed — just to get out each week and enjoy the fresh air.
Thanks to Big Day Brewing in Gorham, NH for stepping up as our title sponsor for Summer 2025!
Great Glen Trails: Big Day Brewing Summer Mountain Bike Series
We're excited to kick off our weekly mountain bike series Tuesday afternoons at 3:30 pm starting June 24, 2025. This fun for all abilities and ages community series will run for six weeks.
Racers can bike the long, short, mini, or adaptive courses between 3:30 pm and 6:45 pm. The course varies each year, taking advantage of both wide carriage roads and more challenging single track. You can enjoy the series as a timed racer, or untimed — just to get out each week and enjoy the fresh air.
Thanks to Big Day Brewing in Gorham, NH for stepping up as our title sponsor for Summer 2025!
Volunteer: Weed Watchers Training Day
When: Sunday, July 13, from 10am – 2pm
Where: Squam Lakes Association, 534 US Rt 3, Holderness, NH 03245
Join the Squam Lakes Association on Sunday, July 13, from 10am – 2pm, and learn how to identify aquatic invasive species. The Weed Watchers volunteer program enables anyone to help protect our lakes against the spread of invasive species by becoming an extra pair of eyes on the lake to spot and report potential invasions. After this training, you will be able to look for invasive species like variable milfoil on your own and know how to report sightings on Squam as an official Weed Watcher!
We'll begin by meeting in the great room for a presentation, and then we'll kayak on Squam to practice. Volunteers should bring plenty of water, snacks, sunscreen, and appropriate clothing, as we will be out on the water for a few hours. The SLA will provide kayaks, life vests and aquascopes. Trained Weed Watchers will also have the opportunity to take out free kayak and canoe rentals to survey around the lake. For more information, or to sign up for this volunteer program, visit the SLA website (squamlakes.org) or contact the SLA directly (603-968-7336).
Variable milfoil was first identified in Squam Lake in 2000. Our efforts hand-pulling and using a Diver Assisted Suction Harvester for removal have proven successful; there has not been a new infestation of variable milfoil identified on the Squam Lakes since 2007. Our Weed Watcher network is crucial for finding invasive blooms so we can stop the spread in its tracks.
The Squam Lakes Association is dedicated to conserving for public benefit the natural beauty, peaceful character and resources of the watershed. In collaboration with local and state partners the SLA promotes the protection, careful use and shared enjoyment of the lakes, mountains, forests, open spaces and wildlife of the Squam Lakes Region.
Loon Mountain Race
Loon Mountain Race
Over the years the Loon Mountain Race has developed quite a following. The reputation as one of the country’s toughest mountain races is due in large part to the kilometer ascent of North Peak via the black diamond trail known as Upper Walking Boss. ‘The Boss’, as it’s affectionately known, is roughly a kilometer of grassy slope with angles that exceed a dizzying 40% grade!
UPPER WALKING BOSS : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xzAHROP974
Please sign the loon mountain resort waiver:https://waivers.edgeauditor.com/auto-setup/loon/82c73z
Must register before May 31st to receive a Loon Mountain Race Tech Tee. U20 Means Under 20. You NEED to be under 20 on race day for this category.
AMC Highland Center Summer Concerts: Mark Erelli
Mark Erelli is a critically acclaimed American singer-songwriter and guitarist known for his distinctive blend of rock, folk, and Americana. His music is known for its lyrical depth and intricate instrumentation, drawing influence from classic rock icons.
All performances take place at the AMC Highland Center, located at Crawford Notch, US-302, Bretton Woods, NH 03575. Admission is FREE. For more details, call 603-466-2727.These concerts are free but advance registration is requested at www.outdoors.org/concerts.
AMC Axe Training at Camp Dodge
Staff Led
Axe Training
HIGHLIGHTS
Trail Work on July 12 2025, in Gorham, NH
START LOCATION
1 Camp Dodge R, Gorham, NH, 03581, US (44.307899, -71.217242)
END LOCATION
Same as start location
START
Saturday, July 12, 2025 | 9:00 AM
END
Saturday, July 12, 2025 | 3:00 PM
DESCRIPTION
This one-day workshop is designed for individuals who use axes in the maintenance of recreational hiking trails. Over the course of a very full day, we will cover the history of the axe, reviving an old axe, rehanging axes, sharpening, safety, and axe use techniques (bucking and limbing). There is a classroom portion in the morning followed by some time in the tool shed, and we will wrap up the day with chopping in the woods. This full day axe workshop can fulfill the axe training requirement for axe use on the White Mountain National Forest. Please be sure to be wearing pants, and solid leather boots. Other PPE like gloves and eye protection will be available. Participants are encouraged to bring their own axe that is already hung on a handle so they have something to practice sharpening and to use for the chopping portion of the day. Participants may also bring an old un-hung axe head to start the process of bringing it back to life. There will be other axe heads and hung axes for use in the workshop as well.
DIFFICULTY RATING
4 - Moderate
DIFFICULTY RATING DEFINITION
Fitness level and/or past experience to sustain the activity at a moderate pace is required. Expect to be active up to 4-6 hours per day. Reasonable breaks in the action.
OFFERED BY
AMC Staff Led Programs
STATUS
Open
TRIP LEADERS
Erik Samia
Gallery Opening: Edge of Soul
Please join us in the Gallery tomorrow, July 11th, from 5:00 to 7:00 pm for the opening reception of Colorful Edge of Soul!
Come meet exhibiting artists Robert Chapla and Valery Mahuchy, enjoy refreshments, and visit with the WREN community. All are welcome at this free event.
WHAT: Colorful Edge of Soul Opening Reception
WHEN: Friday, July 11th, 5:00 to 7:00 pm
WHERE: The Gallery at WREN, 2011 Main Street, Bethlehem, NH
Great Glen Trails: Big Day Brewing Summer Mountain Bike Series
We're excited to kick off our weekly mountain bike series Tuesday afternoons at 3:30 pm starting June 24, 2025. This fun for all abilities and ages community series will run for six weeks.
Racers can bike the long, short, mini, or adaptive courses between 3:30 pm and 6:45 pm. The course varies each year, taking advantage of both wide carriage roads and more challenging single track. You can enjoy the series as a timed racer, or untimed — just to get out each week and enjoy the fresh air.
Thanks to Big Day Brewing in Gorham, NH for stepping up as our title sponsor for Summer 2025!
AMC Axe Training
HIGHLIGHTS
Trail Work on July 5 2025, in Gorham, NH
START LOCATION
1 Camp Dodge RD, Gorham, NH, 03581, US (44.307899, -71.217242)
END LOCATION
Same as start location
START
Saturday, July 5, 2025 | 9:00 AM
END
Saturday, July 5, 2025 | 3:00 PM
DESCRIPTION
This one-day workshop is designed for individuals who use axes in the maintenance of recreational hiking trails. Over the course of a very full day, we will cover the history of the axe, reviving an old axe, rehanging axes, sharpening, safety, and axe use techniques (bucking and limbing). There is a classroom portion in the morning followed by some time in the tool shed, and we will wrap up the day with chopping in the woods. This full day axe workshop can fulfill the axe training requirement for axe use on the White Mountain National Forest. Please be sure to be wearing pants, and solid leather boots. Other PPE like gloves and eye protection will be available. Participants are encouraged to bring their own axe that is already hung on a handle so they have something to practice sharpening and to use for the chopping portion of the day. Participants may also bring an old un-hung axe head to start the process of bringing it back to life. There will be other axe heads and hung axes for use in the workshop as well.
DIFFICULTY RATING
4 - Moderate
DIFFICULTY RATING DEFINITION
Fitness level and/or past experience to sustain the activity at a moderate pace is required. Expect to be active up to 4-6 hours per day. Reasonable breaks in the action.
OFFERED BY
AMC Staff Led Programs
STATUS
Open
TRIP LEADERS
Erik Samia
Great Glen Trails: Big Day Brewing Summer Mountain Bike Series
We're excited to kick off our weekly mountain bike series Tuesday afternoons at 3:30 pm starting June 24, 2025. This fun for all abilities and ages community series will run for six weeks.
Racers can bike the long, short, mini, or adaptive courses between 3:30 pm and 6:45 pm. The course varies each year, taking advantage of both wide carriage roads and more challenging single track. You can enjoy the series as a timed racer, or untimed — just to get out each week and enjoy the fresh air.
Thanks to Big Day Brewing in Gorham, NH for stepping up as our title sponsor for Summer 2025!
NH Beer Trail Basecamp Festival
Saturday, June 28, 2025 | Tuckerman Brewing Co., Conway, NH
For the past 10 years, the NH Brewers Association has brought beer lovers together to celebrate the incredible craft brewing community of New Hampshire. This year, we’re taking the party on the road, bringing the festival to a new corner of the state—welcome to the all-new NH Beer Trail Basecamp Festival!
Set against the stunning White Mountains backdrop of Tuckerman Brewing Co. in Conway, NH, this year’s festival is more than just a celebration—it’s your gateway to adventure. Featuring nearly 40 NH breweries pouring 100+ craft beers under one tent in the beer garden, the NH Beer Trail Basecamp Festival is the ultimate way to kick off your summer beer journey!
WHY BASECAMP?
With the relaunch of the NH Beer Trail Guidebook, a passport booklet packed with exclusive discounts at NHBA member breweries, we wanted to embrace the spirit of exploration and discovery that makes New Hampshire’s craft beer scene so special. This festival is your basecamp for the NH Beer Trail, bringing breweries together in one place so you can sample a taste of the trail before heading out on your own adventure.
What’s on Tap? 🍺
✅ 100+ NH Craft Beers – From flagship favorites to exclusive festival-only pours.
✅ Live Music – Groove to local bands throughout the day.
✅ Local Food Trucks – Enjoy delicious eats from NH’s best food vendors.
✅ Local Vendors & Artisans – Shop unique, locally made goods.
✅ Sunshine & Good Vibes – Because beer just tastes better outside!
CRAFT BEER IS COMMUNITY
New Hampshire’s breweries are more than just places to grab a pint—they’re third spaces, essential hubs where friends, families, and strangers come together to connect, unwind, and share stories. At the NH Beer Trail Basecamp Festival, we’re celebrating more than just great beer—we’re celebrating the people, the passion, and the spirit of community that makes NH craft brewing so special.
Get Your Tickets! 🎟️
Tickets are on sale NOW! Don’t miss your chance to be part of this milestone celebration. Proceeds from the festival benefit the NH Brewers Association, helping us continue our mission to advocate for NH breweries and Keep NH Brewing!
Join us in Conway on June 28th—because the best adventures start with a great beer. 🍻
#NHBeerTrail #BasecampFestival #KeepNHBrewing #DrinkLocal #NHBeerTrail #NHBrewers
🎟️ TICKETS 🎟️
NH Beer Trail Basecamp Festival
For the past 10 years, the NH Brewers Association has brought beer lovers together to celebrate the incredible craft brewing community of New Hampshire. This year, we’re taking the party on the road, bringing the festival to a new corner of the state—welcome to the all-new NH Beer Trail Basecamp Festival!
Set against the stunning White Mountains backdrop of Tuckerman Brewing Co. in Conway, NH, this year’s festival is more than just a celebration—it’s your gateway to adventure. Featuring nearly 40 NH breweries pouring 100+ craft beers under one tent in the beer garden, the NH Beer Trail Basecamp Festival is the ultimate way to kick off your summer beer journey!
KISMET Film Screening at Ledge Brewing
We often find ourselves saying that it is hard to put the power of Kismet and the impact it has into words, but through watching this film, we think you will capture a glimpse of the importance of the Kismet journey.
Please Friday, June 27, at Ledge Brewing Company and enjoy the wonderful short film KISMET created about Kismet Rock Foundation by filmmaker Everett Ravens. The film will run from 6:30 pm - 7:00 pm and will be followed by live music from Food for Bears and a Brown Bag Raffle offering great prizes! $1 from each pint sold goes to Kismet.
Film Screening - 6:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Live Music - Food for Bears - 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Brown Bag Raffle - 4:30 pm - 9:00 pm
ABOUT THE FILM and FILMMAKER:
In our 24th summer, filmmaker Everett Ravens shadowed a Kismet student group for their full program week to document what Kismet is like through their eyes. Thank you so much to Everett who beautifully captured these students and their time climbing and living at the Kismet house.
Everett Ravens is a filmmaker based in New York city. Focusing on the minutiae of life, his films bring attention to the often overlooked or ignored, believing these are the stories filled with wisdom which can help to remind us all of our humanity.
Directors Relationship to Subject:
Climbing has allowed me to push past inner barriers and pull myself into a version of my life I never knew existed. When approached by longtime friend and Kismet board member, Ara Morton, about making a film focusing on the youth climbing program, which offered their students everything I had come to love, I knew it had to be fate.
Great Glen Trails: Big Day Brewing Summer Mountain Bike Series
We're excited to kick off our weekly mountain bike series Tuesday afternoons at 3:30 pm starting June 24, 2025. This fun for all abilities and ages community series will run for six weeks.
Racers can bike the long, short, mini, or adaptive courses between 3:30 pm and 6:45 pm. The course varies each year, taking advantage of both wide carriage roads and more challenging single track. You can enjoy the series as a timed racer, or untimed — just to get out each week and enjoy the fresh air.
Thanks to Big Day Brewing in Gorham, NH for stepping up as our title sponsor for Summer 2025!
Ecosystem Services
Local ecosystems provide many services for us that we may not even notice. Join the Squam Lakes Association at Chamberlain Reynolds Memorial Forest on Monday, June 23, from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm, for a hike where we will dive deeper in ecosystem services. Participants can expect to learn more about their local ecosystems on this 2.0 mile hike. We will stop at a few unique places along the trail to discuss the different types of services they provide.
Ecosystems services vary from cultural to biological, with each one providing important benefits. Understanding each of these benefits and their impact is important in how we appreciate our surroundings and how we work to conserve the land as well. This is a great program for anyone looking to learn more about their surroundings or if you just want to get outside more this spring!
For more information, or to sign up for this Adventure Ecology program, visit the SLA website (squamlakes.org) or contact the SLA directly (603-968-7336). The SLA also offers other Adventure Ecology programs throughout the year. These free programs are open to the public and cover a variety of nature and conservation related topics. The Adventure Ecology programs are presented by the LRCC AmeriCorps members at the SLA who perform important conservation work in support of the Association’s mission.
The Squam Lakes Association is dedicated to conserving for public benefit the natural beauty, peaceful character and resources of the watershed. In collaboration with local and state partners the SLA promotes the protection, careful use and shared enjoyment of the lakes, mountains, forests, open spaces and wildlife of the Squam Lakes Region.
Partner Training for the Recreation Field
Image Description: Black and white of people in outdoor settings, specifically an archery range. Several individuals are visible, engaged in activities related to archery and shooting.Text reads: Inclusion Training for the Recreation Field: Virtual Workshop | Registration Fee $50, June 17th from 11 AM- 1 PM EST, and for individuals who work in the outdoors and are interested in how to work and communicate with the Deaf community in the outdoors.
Do you work in the outdoor field and are looking for resources on how to work and communicate with your Deaf, Hard of Hearing, DeafBlind, DeafDisabled and late deafened members, participants or co-workers? This training will provide you with all the needed tools, understanding and resources so that you can be more inclusive, respectful and successful.
Register for our inclusion training today!
In this 2-hour training you will learn:
Introduction to Deaf community/culture
Resources to learn ASL
Hiring qualified interpreters
Working with interpreters & boundaries
Interacting with and leading Deaf and hearing participants
How to work and communicate safely in the outdoors
Minimize risks and emergency situations
And so much more!
Interested in providing training for your workplace, community, or group, or are you a Deaf Outdoor Professional who would like us to present to your co-workers? Contact us to discuss training with individual organizations.
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2025 Property & Casualty Markets Symposium
The New Hampshire Insurance Department (NHID) invites industry professionals, regulators, and stakeholders to attend the 2025 Property & Casualty Markets Symposium. This event will take place on Monday, June 16th at 1:00 p.m. Eastern. The symposium will be held at the NHID headquarters, 21 South Fruit Street, Suite 14, Concord, NH 03301. There will be a virtual attendance option, as well.
This year’s event will feature a market overview by NHID regulators and highlight emerging trends and challenges in the property and casualty insurance space, with a special focus on the evolving cyber insurance market.
Additionally, Emma Werth, Vice President of Underwriting & Reinsurance at Cowbell Insurance Agency, will make a presentation on cyber risk, insurance coverage, and underwriting practices tailored to small and mid-sized enterprises. Drawing on extensive data and market experience, Werth will explore:
Current cyber threat trends facing critical sectors like healthcare and financial services
Key coverages, sub-limits, and exclusions in cyber insurance policies
Effective cyber risk management strategies for businesses
How insurers evaluate risk and tailor cyber coverage
Additional program details, including the full agenda, will be announced soon. Please register using the following link: https://bit.ly/2025-PC-symposium
Winni River Days
Join us for a weekend full of community fun and outdoor adventures as we celebrate the heart and soul of Franklin, NH - The Winnipesaukee River! Mill City Park is gearing up for the 6th Annual Winni River Days to be held June 13th and 14th, 2025 at Trestle View Park, Mill City Park and Central Street in downtown Franklin, NH. Franklin’s downtown begins at the takeout for a popular class III whitewater section, providing a unique opportunity to connect the community with the river that put Franklin on the map. We are planning activities for paddlers and non-paddlers alike: free live music, food vendors, beer tent, kayaking competitions, vendor village, silent auction, kids activities, and more.
Limmerfest
We are excited to extend an invitation for you to join for the 3rd Annual LimmerFest, which happens to coincide with National Trails Day!
Join us for hiking, music, and time in the mountains that reminded Peter Limmer Sr. of his home in Bavaria. Also, if you are looking for a nudge, we will be giving away boots and other Limmer merchandise. Note - New Shirts are on the way :)
Sense of Place: Wildfire in Northern New England
June 4th 2025, 7:00-8:30 PM
Tuckerman Brewing Company, 66 Hobbs Street, Conway, New Hampshire
Wildfire in Northern New England
A presentation by John Neely
A common misconception is that wildfire is not a threat in New England. However, history tells a different story. Join us to hear about past wildfires in New England and how fire has become an increasing occurrence with the onset of climate change.
John Neely has been working with wildfire and controlled burning in New England for over 20 years. After retiring from the Forest Service John currently works with the State of New Hampshire Department of Natural and Cultural Resources in fire management. In addition he is engaged in research looking at the past fire history of the region from wildfire to indigenous burning.
Wilderness First Responder (Hybrid)
The NOLS Hybrid Wilderness First Responder (HWFR) course is designed to provide you with the tools to make critical medical and evacuation decisions in remote locations. The online course and then classroom mini-lectures and demonstrations are combined with realistic scenarios where mock patients will challenge you to integrate your learning.
The 80-hour curriculum includes standards for urban and extended care situations. Special topics include but are not limited to: wound management and infection, realigning fractures and dislocations, improvised splinting techniques, patient monitoring and long term management problems, up-to-date information on all environmental emergencies, plus advice on drug therapies. Emphasis is placed on prevention and decision-making, not the memorization of lists. Half of your time will be spent completing practical skills, case studies and scenarios designed to challenge your decision making abilities. Adult, Child, and Infant CPR and AED is included in this course.
Learning takes place both in the classroom and in outdoor settings regardless of weather conditions. Come prepared for wet, muddy, cold or hot environments.
General Information
Course Length
80 hours / 3 weeks online, 5 days in person
Prerequisites
None.
Recommended For
Backcountry guides, canoe trip leaders, private expedition groups, college/university outdoor education programs, hiking club trip leaders, wilderness therapeutic programs, EMT’s and adventure race safety personnel.
Certifications Received
NOLS Wilderness First Responder certification and NOLS Adult, Child, and Infant CPR and AED certification. NOLS Epinephrine Administration certificate.
*Currently certified EMT’s may receive WEMT Certification instead of WFR.
Course Length
This course is pre-approved for 70 hours of EMT Continuing Education Hours (CEH) by CAPCE.
Active members of the Wilderness Medical Society may earn up to 59.5 hours of credit towards a Fellowship of the Academy of Wilderness Medicine (FAWM). Visit the WMS website for details.
This course is approved by the United States Coast Guard to satisfy the first aid and CPR training requirements [46 CFR 11.205(e)(1)(i) &46 CFR 11.205(e)(2)(iv)] for a merchant mariner license.
Course Location
This course will be held at the New England Outdoor Center, just outside of Millinocket ME.
Course Tuition
$895 - Register and pay securely online.
Course Expectations
The WFR course is the industry standard certification for guides and trip leaders.
Our new hybrid format begins with three weeks of online learning including readings, videos, and quizzes. You will spend 10 to 15 hours each week in the online portion and be required to finish assignments to progress. You will complete your course with a 5-day in-person program focusing on skills and scenarios. These are the last 5 days of the listed course dates.
There will be one evening sessions on the 3rd day of the in-person portion (subject to rescheduling based on local weather and other logistics). Your rescue gear needs to be packed and ready to go at any moment throughout the course. Please refer to and follow the WFR Gear List closely, and contact us with any questions you may have.
NOLS provides its own CPR certification within this course. It incorporates the American Heart Association’s 2020 curriculum guidelines with wilderness protocols to deliver a set of skills that is pertinent to our use in a wilderness setting.
Bad things happen outdoors and usually in bad weather! So, be prepared for the weather…dress in layers that you can be removed indoors or in the sun, and layer up when we go outside. Full rain protection is a necessity, both rain tops and pants. Your comfort and ability to pay attention during this intense course will be helped if you stay well-hydrated and have snacks on hand to munch during class. The course ends with a written exam and a scenario-based practical exam. You must score 70% or better on the written exam and pass the practical exam to be eligible for certification. It is your responsibility to pass the exams on your own, and to let us know throughout the course when you are finding challenges and needing additional help. It is our job as educators to help you know where you are succeeding and where we see you are needing additional help, so that you can focus your energies and be successful at course end.
The course ends near 6PM on the last day with the exams, student evaluations of the experience, and graduation. Please do not make travel plans that require an earlier departure or you will have to make alternative testing arrangements at a later course.
Additional Details
You will receive access to an e-version of the text and handbook during the online portion of the course – you can print the handbook if you like. The Wilderness Medicine Field Guide will be given to you on Day 1 of the course.
Course Outline
The 80-hour combined online and in-person Wilderness First Responder course is the industry standard for people who work and play outdoors.
Packing List
We will try to be outdoors as much as possible, regardless of the weather. Please dress appropriately for the weather, and to be comfortable both in and outdoors at any time during your course.
Lodging
There is lodging available for this course on site at New England Outdoor Center for $200/person. Check-in is on June 2nd and check-out is on June 6th
These are mixed-gender cabins that have shared bedrooms, bathrooms, and kitchen space. Bookings will be first-come, first-served until spaces are full. The cut-off date for lodging reservations is end-of-day on Monday May 12th, 2025.
The Outdoor Sport Institute & Our Community
Our mission is to empower resilient, active outdoor communities. We are a 501c3 non-profit organization. Through OSI you can access resources, support, and a network of peers to connect with and share ideas.
Questions?
Don’t hesitate to contact us at hello@outdoorsi.org.
Sunapee Scramble Mountain Race
Mountain Racing Comes to Sunapee! - June 1st 2025
The Sunapee Scramble will serve as the 2025 USATF National Classic Mountain Championship. The race will serve as the sole selection race for the 2025 US Classic Up/Down Mountain Running Team - one of the four groups of athletes to represent the US in Spain at the World Mountain and Trail Running Championships.
The course will start at the base of the mountain, and then follow a service road up to the summit of the mountain. You will then have a speedy descent down Mount Sunapee back to the Base Lodge. For the 2nd lap, the course will use the same service road up the mountain and then it will join into the super technical Newbury Trail all the way to the summit. You will then have another speedy descent down Mount Sunapee back to the Base Lodge.
The race is approx 9.4 miles with 3,250 feet of Vert.
