Winter School Leaders are cordially invited to eat, plan, and socialize at the MITOC Winter School trip planning social on Tuesday, December 2 at 7 pm in Room 3-270!

Not sure what activities you can do in the New England cold? Super excited to get outside but don’t have a car? Want to organize a MITOC trip but not sure what’s the next step? Or maybe your friends are done hiking with you after you took them up Owl’s Head and you need to meet fellow peakbaggers to finish the 48? Then come to a MITOC Winter School trip planning social!

What is the winter school trip planning social?

The trip planning social is an event to brainstorm and plan future weekend adventures and meet other outdoorsy people to do outdoor things with! This event is currently open to all MITOC winter school leaders only, although we encourage folks who want to become more involved to participate.

What kind of trips are we planning?

Any kind: hiking, ice-climbing, biking, etc...leaders can use this opportunity to plan an official MITOC trip, find a co-leader, and even recruit some participants. This is also a great opportunity to get a trip out with your WS mentor and/or work toward a rating upgrade before January!

If you are looking for trip ideas, some resources are the White Mountains guidebook (available to rent in the MITOC library), gaia or caltopo for maps, the Terrifying 25 list, asking fellow hikers what their favorite hike is, and many more resources available online.

Will there be food?

Of course. What's the point of a social otherwise?!

Sounds great, but I can’t make it!

Don’t worry - this is the first of a planned series of events that will take place over the course of Winter School. So if the hour and/or the day doesn’t work for you, there should be more events through December, January, and February!