Come experience the awe of God’s creation with us in the high Appalachian Mountains (#WMBT2027)! Enjoy the hospitality of the Appalachian Mountain Club’s remote huts and worship with us each morning on the mountaintops. This is a strenuous 4-day, 20-mile, 8,000-foot-gain, backpacking trek through the entire Presidential Range of the White Mountains.
This backpacking adventure will challenge you. While we will be carrying a slightly lighter pack than you may be used to (15 – 20lbs – no tent or kitchen items needed), the terrain and weather of the Presidential Range make this a challenging trek for even the most seasoned backpackers. You may encounter sunny weather around 60-degrees F or rain and sleet as low as 40-degrees F. You will climb thousands of feet each day and hike over some of the tallest peaks of the Eastern USA.
This adventure will change lives. You will raise support for our amazing beneficiary in the months and days leading up to the trip, perhaps even on the trek, and certainly in the weeks following the trek as you tell tales of your adventure. God will use you to resource and advocate for global youth. On the backpacking trek, you will PRAY, TREK, REPEAT for four days, lifting our beneficiary in prayer to our loving God. In the huts, you will spend hours with others from around the US, Canada and even the world who will want to hear about you and what brought you to the Appalachian Mountains and the AMC huts.
Official 10-Week Tour Training Plan.
Got questions? Email our #WMBT2027 Hike Director, Lexi Loofboro at LLoofboro@EndsHiking.com.
Sharable Video Link: https://vimeo.com/1054275410?share=copy
Our beneficiary, the Prosperous Youth Foundation partners with more than 70 care facilities, building relationships through youth camps, discipleship, mentoring, leadership development, and practical life skills. They want every young person to know they are loved by God, discover their purpose, and have the support they need to build a hopeful future. Will you help us meet the needs of these youth and #PrayTrekRepeat for the youth of Thailand?
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Difficulty 5 out of 5: "Bonkers"
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Suggested Fly In: Aug 25
Airport: Boston Logan Intl. (BOS)
Aug 26 at 1:30p at AMC Highland Center
Aug 27 - 30
Appalachian Mountain Club Huts
The AMC Huts offer indoor bunk beds and are excited to serve you breakfast and dinner each day.
July 1
Aug 25 - Sleeping at Host church
Aug 30
Airport: Boston Logan Intl. (BOS)
Suggested Fly Out: Aug 31 after 1 pm
Hiker - TBD
Buddy System - Hike with one or more friends
Find your walking pace on the trail.
$1000
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We will stay at AMC Huts. Founded in 1876, the Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC – outdoors.org) promotes the protection, enjoyment, and understanding of the mountains, forests, waters, and trails of America’s Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions. We will stay at three huts – remote lodges that were built beginning in 1888. The huts provide a delicious and hearty dinner at 6:00 p.m. and warm breakfast at 7:00 a.m. The huts are staffed by a small team of young people called the “Cru.” They trek in all supplies for the hut several miles on their backs.
You will need to bring your own air mattress and bedding (or sleeping bag) for the nights at the host Church before we start off on the hiking trail.
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AM – Arrive in Boston (BOS – Boston Logan International Airport) for pickup. We will transport you and your things to our host church. Lunch is your responsibility.
PM – Take part in our afternoon Pre-field Orientation (PFO). You will receive the official 2023 Ends of the Earth Hiking performance t-shirt. Meet the tour director and your companions for the hike. Get the safety brief and other vital information from our crew and beneficiaries. There will be transportation to a “big box” store in order to purchase snacks/lunches, etc. for the trail. Dinner is provided, and we will eat together on Thursday night.
AM – Rise early and board the vans for our trip to the Valley Way Trailhead in Randolph, NH. We will stop for breakfast (your responsibility) along the 2 to 3-hour drive North. Lunch will be out of your own pack (your responsibility) at the trailhead.
PM – Ascend the beautiful Valley Way Trail through the woods to Madison Spring Hut. “AMC’s first high mountain hut, built in 1888,
Madison Spring Hut has been newly rebuilt and sits above treeline at the northern end of the Presidential Range and overlooks the sheer walls of the Madison Gulf for spectacular views of its closest peaks.” Be sure to arrive by 6:00 pm sharp for a warm dinner provided by the Cru at the hut. If you arrive early, you may choose to drop your pack and ascend 566 feet over 0.5 mile to the summit of Mt. Madison. Join us for worship after dinner.
AM – Warm breakfast is served by the hut Cru at 7:00 am sharp. After that, pack up, fill your water bottles, and head out on the beautiful Gulfside Trail. This portion of the Appalachian Trail (AT) is entirely above the tree line in the alpine zone. Summit Mt. Adams, Mt. Jefferson, and Mt. Clay on your way to the summit of Mt. Washington, the highest peak on the East Coast. (You can also choose to trim some miles and feet by circumventing one or all peaks.) Lunch is from your pack on the trail. (There are food and facilities at the summit of Mt. Washington.) Descend on the Crawford Path to the picturesque Lakes of the Clouds Hut 1,276 feet below the summit.
“AMC’s most famous Hut, Lakes of the Clouds, is our highest and most visited destination at 5,012 feet. Above tree line, the historic hut’s namesake lakes are nearby, where it often appears that the clouds are sitting atop the water. The hut is located in the Southwestern saddle of Mount Washington.”
PM – Be sure to arrive by 6:00 pm sharp for a warm dinner provided by the Cru at the hut. Join us for worship after dinner.
AM – Warm breakfast is served by the hut Cru at 7:00 am sharp. After that, pack up, fill your water bottles, and head out on the historic Crawford Path, the oldest continuously maintained footpath in the United States. This portion of the AT is almost entirely above tree line. Lunch is from your pack along the trail. Summit Mt. Monroe, Mt. Franklin, Mt. Eisenhower, and Mt. Pierce on your way to Mizpah Spring Hut. (The summits, except Mt. Pierce, can be bypassed.)
“Nestled in between two 4,000-foot peaks, Mizpah Spring Hut, known by generations as ‘Pa,’ is just a short distance from the legendary Crawford Path. This unique hut sits at 3,800 feet and its name means ‘pillar in the wilderness.’”
PM – Be sure to arrive by 6:00 pm sharp for a warm dinner provided by the Cru at the hut. Join us for worship after dinner.
AM – Warm breakfast is served by the hut Cru at 7:00 am sharp. After that, pack up, fill your water bottles, and head out on the Crawford Path. You have left the AT and headed West for the AMC Highland Center. This hike is a gentle, short descent; the easiest day of the trip.
“Built on the site of the historic Crawford House hotel and nestled in New Hampshire’s Crawford Notch, the Highland Center is our premier White Mountain lodge, an ideal basecamp for your mountain escape.”
The Highlands Center has a deli serving lunch from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. The Highlands Center has a retail shop and gift store. Showers are also available for a fee at the Highlands Center if you are really desperate.
PM – Return to Gordon College in the mid-afternoon for debrief over pizza. There will be an evening shuttle to the airport.
AM – A morning shuttle to the airport will be available.
Participant registration costs pay for the event itself. The majority (90%) of all fundraising donations goes directly toward impacting youth served by our beneficiary in this county, in Jesus’ name. The remaining funds (10%) support the administrative costs for our parent organization, New International, a not-for-profit, which helps us do what we do even better. Tax deductible receipts and year end giving statements are provided to all event participants and donors. None of these funds go towards any of the Ends Adventures Crew members. We are all donor-supported missionaries. Find out more about our financial transparency and accountability standards on our About page.
This event will raise prayers, awareness and support for the Prosperous Youth Foundation serving in Thailand. Prayers and funds raised from this event will continue to build relationships through youth camps, discipleship, mentoring, leadership development, and practical life skills. Will you help us meet that goal and #PrayTrekRepeat or make a donation towards the youth of Thailand?
Are you, or someone you know, in your teens or twenties, interested in participating in this event, but having difficulty paying the registration fee? We may be able to help. Click below for more information and to apply for funding through the Paul Norton Memorial Scholarship Fund.
