Mt Watatic and Nutting Hill
- Leaders
- James Douberley (C), Madeline Hickman (C)
- Program
- Winter School
- Type
- Hiking
- Terrain level
- B
- Trip date
- Saturday, January 10th, 2026
- Difficulty rating
- Easy
- Prerequisites
- Comfortable hiking 3-4 miles
Join us on a beginner-friendly hike up Mt. Watatic and Nutting Hill (~1hr from Cambridge)!
We'll take the Wapack Trail up Mt Watatic, where we will hopefully have some great 360-degree views - including Monadnock, Wachusett, and Boston if the weather is clear! From there, we'll continue to Nutting Hill, with an option of continuing on to tag the MA-NH state border. The full hike will be 3 - 3.6 miles with ~725ft of elevation gain.
This is a great intro to winter hiking trip! We'll practice layering, use microspikes if conditions require them, practice the triangle of happiness, and any other skills folks are excited about.
Note: the mandatory pre-trip meeting will take place Thursday 1/8 before the week 1 safety lectures, at 6pm on the fourth floor of the MIT Student Center
Signup
- Algorithm
- first-come, first-serve
- Maximum participants
- 7
- Signups opened at
- Jan. 7, 2026, noon
- Signups closed at
- Jan. 8, 2026, 11:59 p.m.
- Notes
- Do you have prior experience with winter hiking? (None required!)
- Are there any skills you're interested in practicing?