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The first alpine club, the Alpine Club, based in the United Kingdom, was founded in London in 1857 as a gentlemen's club.It was once described as: "a club of English gentlemen devoted to mountaineering, first of all in the Alps, members of which have successfully addressed themselves to attempts of the kind on loftier mountains" (Nuttall Encyclopaedia, 1907).
These local and regional groups are changing that. Most people who visit national forests, wildlife refuges and parks are white, but it shouldn’t be that way. These local and regional groups are ...
Hiking organizations in the United States (2 C, 24 P) Pages in category "Hiking organizations" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total.
The name Mazamas means mountain goat, from Nahuatl mazatl, deer. [7] Mount Mazama , the collapsed volcano that formed Crater Lake , is located in Oregon and was named after the organization on August 21, 1896, while on their annual outing.
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Mountain huts are usually operated by an Alpine Club or some organization dedicated to hiking or mountain recreation. They are known by many names, including alpine hut, mountain shelter, mountain refuge, mountain lodge, and mountain hostel. It may also be called a refuge hut, although these occur in lowland areas (e.g. lowland forests) too.
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