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Check out our hike dates by month or read them all...

[September Hikes] [October Hikes][November Hikes]  [Future Special Events]

New members are always welcome - Please contact us at pvhc2000@hotmail.com

 

September Hikes
DATE DAY RATING LOCATION LEADER MEETING TIME MEETING PLACE $ AND/OR RES
Every Mon Mod-Mod+ Morning Hike - various locations (4) Chip Pray 9:00 am Call leader for location
Every Wed Easy (MA) Wednesday Evening Walks (4) Marcia Kelly 6:00 pm Call leader for location
Every Wed Easy (MA) Whiting Reservoir (3) Norm Plante 6:00 pm Rite Aid (Rt 5) Holyoke
Every Thurs Mod Afternoon Hike (approx 1-1/2 to 2 hrs) (3) Ruth Preston 3:00 pm Call leader for location
Sept 1 Tue Fun CLUB MEETING – new schedule/Bootprints Ann Marie Visconti 7:00 pm West Spfld 1st Baptist Church
Sept 4 Fri   (Full moon) [OPEN]      
Sept 5-7 Sat-Mon Various (ME) Katahdin Weekend Dick Forrest Call Leader Call leader for location $ + res
Sept 5 Sat   (MA) Day Kayaking Marcia Kelly 10:00 am Call leader for location
Sept 5 Sat Mod Mt Tom, M&M, sec.6 Harry Allen 9:30 am Rite Aid (Rt 5) Holyoke
Sept 6 Sun   [OPEN]      
Sept 7 Mon   (MA) Evening Kayaking Marcia Kelly 6:00 pm Call leader for location
Sept 8 Tue Mod (MA) Mt. Tom Evening Hike (5) Carol Vanderheiden 6:00 pm Rite Aid (Rt 5) Holyoke
Sept 12 Sat Easy (MA) Ashley Reservoir Photo Hike (3) Scott Aschenbach 9:00 am Rite Aid (Rt 5) Holyoke
Sept 12 Sat Mod *NEW* (MA) Bash-Bish Falls (4+) Harry Allen 8:30 am 53 Southampton Rd, Westfield
Sept 13 Sun Easy/Mod (MA) World’s End+ – Hingham Trustee Properties (6) Mike Reed 8:00 am Ludlow McDonald’s
Sept 14 Mon   (MA) Evening Kayaking Marcia Kelly 6:00 pm Call leader for location
Sept 15 Tue Mod (MA) Mt. Holyoke Summit House (4) Carol Vanderheiden 6:30 pm Summit House Gate
Sept 18-20 Fri-Sun Various (NY) Adirondacks Backpacking JBL Lodge Ann Mundy Call Leader Call leader for location $ + res
Sept 19 Sat   MA) Wendell St. Forest Glenn Ewing 9:00 am Rite Aid (Rt 5) Holyoke
Sept 19 Sat Diff *NEW* Sections 19 and 20 Of The M&M National Scenic Trail (12+) Chip Pray 8:30 am Hawley's parking lot in Belchertown intersection of routes 202 and 9,
Sept 20 Sun   [OPEN]      
Sept 21 Mon   (MA) Evening Kayaking Marcia Kelly 6:00 pm Call leader for location
Sept 22 Tue Mod (MA) Mt. Tom Evening Hike (5) Carol Vanderheiden 6:00 pm Rite Aid (Rt 5) Holyoke
Sept 26 Sat Mod (VT) Mt. Ascutney (optional swim at pool) (6) Allan Herrick 8:00 am Rite Aid (Rt 5) Holyoke
Sept 27 Sun Mod (MA) Mt. Wachusett (5) Glenn Ewing 8:00 am Rite Aid (Rt 5) Holyoke
Sept 28 Mon   (MA) Evening Kayaking Marcia Kelly 6:00 pm Call leader for location
Sept 29 Tue Mod (MA) Mt. Holyoke Summit House (4) Carol Vanderheiden 6:30 pm Summit House Gate

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October Hikes
DATE DAY RATING LOCATION LEADER MEETING TIME MEETING PLACE $ AND/OR RES
Every Mon Mod-Mod+ Morning Hike - various locations (4) Chip Pray 9:00 am Call leader for location
Every Wed Easy (MA) Wednesday Evening Walks (4) Marcia Kelly 6:00 pm Call leader for location
Every Wed Easy (MA) Whiting Reservoir (3) Norm Plante 6:00 pm Rite Aid (Rt 5) Holyoke
Every Thurs Mod Afternoon Hike (approx 1-1/2 to 2 hrs) (3) Ruth Preston 3:00 pm Call leader for location
Oct 2 Fri Easy (MA) Moonlight Hike Manhan Rail Trail (6) Frank Kamlowski 6:30 pm Westfield-53 Southampton Rd
Oct 3 Sat Diff (NH) Mt. Monadnock (7) Gary Dolgoff CANCLED DUE TO HEAVY RAIN
Oct 4 Sun Diff (NY) Slide Mtn. – Catskills Rick Briggs 7:00 am Westfield-53 Southampton Rd
Oct 5 Mon   (MA) Evening Kayaking Marcia Kelly 6:00 pm Call leader for location
Oct 6 Tue Fun CLUB MEETING – Hike Planning Ann Marie Visconti 7:00 pm West Spfld 1st Baptist Church
Oct 10 Sat Mod CT) West Hartland (5) Arlene Ely 9:00 am Southwick Rt.57 & 202 Plaza
Oct 11 Sun Mod+

(MA) Midstate Trail/Oxford (6)

 Mike Reed 9:00 am Ludlow McDonald’s
Oct 11 Sun   (MA) Day Kayaking Marcia Kelly 10:00 am Call leader for location
Oct 12 Mon   (MA) Evening Kayaking Marcia Kelly 6:00 pm Call leader for location
Oct 12 Mon Easy MA) Northampton Dinner & Walk (3) Gary Dolgoff 6:30 pm Thorne’s Mkt. Northampton
Oct 13 Tue Mod (MA) Mt. Tom Evening Hike (5) Carol Vanderheiden 6:00 pm Rite Aid (Rt 5) Holyoke
Oct 17 Sat Mod/Diff (MA) Mt. Race & Mt. Everett (8) Lisa & Rob Schechtman 7:30 am Westfield-53 Southampton Rd
Oct 18 Sun Mod (MA) Monument Mt. Frank Kamlowski 8:30 am Westfield-53 Southampton Rd
Oct 19 Mon   (MA) Evening Kayaking Marcia Kelly 6:00 pm Call leader for location
Oct 20 Tue Mod (MA) Mt. Holyoke Summit House (4) Carol Vanderheiden 6:30 pm Summit House Gate
Oct 24 Sat Mod/Diff Tri State Border & Beyond (5) Norm Plante 8:00 AM Rite Aid (Rt 5) Holyoke
Oct 25 Sun Mod (MA) Savoy State Forest (6) Mike Gross 8:00 AM Rite Aid (Rt 5) Holyoke
Oct 25 Sun Mod (MA) Halibut Point-Rockport (3+) Sheila Croteau 8:00 am Ludlow McDonald’s
Oct 26 Mon   (MA) Evening Kayaking Marcia Kelly 6:00 pm Call leader for location
Oct 27 Tue Mod (MA) Mt. Tom Evening Hike (5) Carol Vanderheiden 6:00 pm Rite Aid (Rt 5) Holyoke
Oct 31 Sat Fun (NY) NYC Bus Trip Jane Glushik/Gary Dolgoff Call Jane Glushik Call Jane Glushik $ + res

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November Hikes
DATE DAY RATING LOCATION LEADER MEETING TIME MEETING PLACE $ AND/OR RES
Every Mon Mod-Mod+ Morning Hike - various locations (4) Chip Pray 9:00 am Call leader for location
Every Wed Easy (MA) Wednesday Evening Walks (4) Marcia Kelly 6:00 pm Call leader for location
Every Wed Easy (MA) Forest Park Hike/Concert Norm Plante 6:00 pm Rt 5 entrance (Picknelly Field)
Every Thurs Mod Afternoon Hike (approx 1-1/2 to 2 hrs) (3) Ruth Preston 3:00 pm Call leader for location
Nov 3 Tue Fun CLUB MEETING – new schedule/Bootprints Ann Marie Visconti 7:00 pm West Spfld 1st Baptist Church
Nov 7 Sat Fun (MA) Trail Maintenance Rob Schechtman 9:00 am Feeding Hills Stop& Shop
Nov 8 Sun Diff (MA & NY) Bash-Bish Falls to Alander (7.5) Mike Gross 7:30 am Westfield-53 Southampton Rd
Nov 8 Sun Mod (MA) Turtle Bend Mt.on Unkamits Path (3+) Sheila Croteau 9:00 am Stanley Park-Westfield
Nov 9 Mon Easy MA) Northampton Dinner & Walk (3) Gary Dolgoff 6:30 pm Thorne’s Mkt. Northampton
Nov 10 Tue Mod (MA) Mt. Tom Evening Hike (5) Carol Vanderheiden 6:00 pm Rite Aid (Rt 5) Holyoke
Nov 14 Sat   [OPEN]      
Nov 15 Sun Mod (MA) Midstate Trail/ Charlton (6+) Mike Reed 9:00 am Ludlow McDonald’s
Nov 17 Tue Mod (MA) Mt. Holyoke Summit House (4) Carol Vanderheiden 6:30 pm Summit House Gate
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             

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Future Special Events
DATE DAY RATING LOCATION LEADER MEETING TIME MEETING PLACE $ AND/OR RES
Sept
5-7		 Fri- Sun Various (ME) Katahdin Weekend Dick Forrest Call leader Call leader $ + res
Sept
18-20		 Fri- Sun Various (NY) Adirondacks Backpacking JBL Lodge Ann Mundy Call leader Call leader $ + res
Oct 31 Sat Fun (NY) NYC Bus Trip Jane Glushik/Gary Dolgoff Call Jane Glushik Call Jane Glushik $ + res
Dec 5 Sat Fun (RI) Cliff Walk Al Goodhind Call leader Call leader $ + res
Dec 12 Sat Fun PVHC Annual Holiday Party Gary & Cindy Dolgoff Call leader Call leader  
               
               

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Monthly Meeting-7:00 pm on the 1st Tuesday of each month at
First Baptist Church, West Springfield, MA

Hike/Activities Planning Meetings-1st Tuesday of every other month at
First Baptist Church, West Springfield, MA

For information on how to get to
First Baptist Church,
Wilderness Experiences Unlimited (WEU),
as well as all of the standard hike meeting places,
follow the link to: PVHC Carpool Meeting Locations


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