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Public Calendar For Prospective Members of Women Outdoors Western Massachusetts

Welcome!  Please CONTACT US with any questions about events.

Tusi ritachild@hotmail.com and Nira niraharper@gmail.com

When you participate in an event, you assume the risk as stated here:

Please note that all Women Outdoors trips are cooperative trips led by volunteers.  While members are concerned for safety, our experience levels differ and mistakes may be made.  There may also be equipment failure, unexpected dangers, or conditions beyond our control (such as weather).  There is also an inherent level of risk in many of the activities that cannot be eliminated.  Women Outdoors and its coordinators don’t train, screen or certify any of the leaders or supervise the trips.  All trips are offered in the common adventurer spirit – where each participant is responsible for her own skills level and safety.  Please be sure to verify all of the information above as well as the organizer’s experience and trip plans to your own satisfaction so you can make an informed decision about whether the trip is right and safe for you.  Remember that in choosing to participate you are agreeing to assume responsibility for all risks associated with the activity.  Women Outdoors trips have an excellent safety record.  We ask that you take care to keep it this way!

Wednesday Walks. Noor and Nira will lead some Wednesday hikes or walks, not every week, usually at 1:00 or 1:30 pm. Details will be posted over the listserv.

Mon. Jan. 1.  Hike at Bryant Homestead.  11:00 a.m. in Cummington. About an hour walk along a creek and among old growth trees.

Mon. Jan. 1. Hike North Sugarloaf.  1:00 pm.  A two hour moderate hike with lovely views.

Sat. Jan. 6.  Birthday Celebration and Audubon Hike. Please join us at 1:00 pm for a joyful outdoor birthday celebration at the Audubon in Easthampton for Mary's 80th! We will have hot tea, snacks, and cake at the picnic tables followed by a hike. Please bring your beautiful and playful spirits! As always, your presence is the "present". We will be sending an email in advance to let you about trail conditions. 

Sun. Jan. 7.  X-Country Ski at Notchview OR Hike.  If there’s snow, we’ll meet at this Trustees of Reservation ski area for our first ski of the season.  If no snow, we’ll do a hike.

Mon. Jan. 8.  X-Country Ski or Hike.  Depending on snow conditions, we’ll either do a ski or a hike.  Details will be sent on the listserv. 

Sat. Jan. 13. Hike Ashley Reservoir. Meet at 1:00 PM at the Elks Lodge parking lot, 250 Whitney Ave, Holyoke MA. We'll hike an easy trail, about 2 1/12 miles around a portion of the pond. Trail is level and flat, and varies between wooded and waterfront.

Mon. Jan. 15. Hike Pocumtuk Ridge from S. Deerfield. The Pocumtuck Ridge is a relatively flat and wide, out-and-back trail with occasional views of the valley below. The first 1/2 mile is a steady gradual uphill. We'll hike an agreed upon distance before turning around and going back. Meet at 12:15 pm.https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/massachusetts/pocumtuck-range-trail.

Thur. Jan. 18. Games Night. We'll gather at 7:00 for snacks and chats and then move into gaming by 7:30.  Please bring what you'd like to share. There is always instruction and/or an open round, so don't worry if what we play is new to you. That's part of the fun!  Address is 1 Deer Haven Drive in Haydenville. Park on the street or my driveway. There's plenty of room. 

Fri. Jan. 19.  Smith College Museum of Art and Lyman Plant House. Please join me for a leisurely visit to the Smith College Museum of Art, (SCMA).  We’ll meet in the museum lobby at 1:30 pm. Those interested can also visit Smith’s Lyman Plant House, a short walk from the museum. Admission to the museum and plant house are both free. Parking meters are located along Elm Street, Bedford Terrace and in the lot behind Forbes Library.  For more information on museum and plant house offerings, see scma.smith.edu and garden.smith.edu. C

Sun. Jan. 21.  Book Group.  We’ll be discussing Tell the Wolves I’m Home by Carol Rifka Brunt.  Time & details to be sent over the listserv. H

Sun. Jan. 28. X-Country Ski or Hike.  Depending on the weather, we’ll ski or hike.

Sun. Feb. 11. X-Country Ski or Hike.  Depending on the weather, we’ll ski or hike.

Sun. Feb. 18. Hike Bear Swamp, Ashfield.  Meet at 11:00 am for about an hour and three quarters, easy to moderate hike to a scenic overlook.  https://thetrustees.org/place/bear-swamp/ 

Sun. Feb. 18. Book Group. Come for a discussion of Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano. Details to be sent via the listserv.  

Mon. Feb. 19. X-Country Ski or Hike.  Depending on snow conditions, we’ll either do a ski or a hike.  Details will be sent on the listserv.  Hosted by Liz and Susan. 

Wed. Feb. 21. Games Night. We'll gather at 7:00 for snacks and chats and then move into gaming by 7:30.  Please bring what you'd like to share. There is always instruction and/or an open round, so don't worry if what we play is new to you. That's part of the fun!  Address is 1 Deer Haven Drive in Haydenville. Park on the street or my driveway. There's plenty of room. 
Mon. Feb. 26.  X-Country Ski or Hike.  Depending on snow conditions, we’ll either do a ski or a hike.  Details will be sent on the listserv.  Hosted by Liz and Susan. 

Sat. March 2. Mass MoCA & Walk.  Meet at Mass MoCA in No. Adams at 12 noon, tour the museum and then head to Ashuwillticook rail trail and walk!

Sun. March 3. X-Country Ski or Hike.  Depending on the weather, we’ll ski or hike.

Mon. March. 11.  X-Country Ski or Hike.  Depending on snow conditions, we’ll either do a ski or a hike.  Details will be sent on the listserv.  Hosted by Liz and Susan. 

Wed. March 13. Games Night. We'll gather at 7:00 for snacks and chats and then move into gaming by 7:30.  Please bring what you'd like to share. There is always instruction and/or an open round, so don't worry if what we play is new to you. That's part of the fun!  Address is 1 Deer Haven Drive in Haydenville. Park on the street or my driveway. There's plenty of room. 

Sat. March 16. Hike Ice Glen, Stockbridge. Ice Glen is a unique, short (1.4 mile out-and-back), but "moderately challenging" hike near Stockbridge, with moss-covered boulders, crags and crevices, and old-growth trees to hike over and around. Meet at 1:00 pm. Possible stop at a café after the hike.
https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/massachusetts/ice-glen- trail https://www.oldgrowthforest.net/ma-ice-glen.

Sun. March 17. Book Group.  Details will be sent over the listserv.

Sun. March 24. Art Museum Walk & Visit. Please join us for a  "Women Outdoors in the Arts!" walk/lunch at the New Britain Museum of American Art in New Britain CT.  (One hour and twenty minute drive -- we will carpool)  https://www.nbmaa.org/. The exhibit is called "Women Reframe American Landscape" and it is presented in two parts: the first is a retrospective of the work of Susie M. Barstow and the second is contemporary works by Teresita Fernandez, Guerrilla Girls, Jean Shin, Tanya Marcuse, and others. The exhibit ends March 31. 

We will meet at the museum at 10:45 am and/or 12:45 - depending on whether you want to do the walk and museum or just the museum. At 11:00 am, we will meet at the museum to walk at the adjoining park - Walnut Hill Park - and Rose Garden. At 12:45, we'll meet inside the museum. You can decide to see the museum on your own - or there is a one hour docent tour that begins at 1:00.

Admission to the museum is $12.00 (or $10.00 if there is a group of 8 of us or more).  There is a Museum Cafe with salads and sandwiches, restaurants nearby, or you can bring your own lunch. More details to come in early March.  

Mon. March 25.  X-Country Ski or Hike.  Depending on snow conditions, we’ll either do a ski or a hike. Details will be sent on the listserv.  Hosted by Liz and Susan.  

 

 

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