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• June Women's Weekend at Cardigan Lodge in New Hampshire

  • Start
    20 Jun 2025
  •  
    3:00 PM
  • End
    22 Jun 2025
  •  
    4:00 PM
  • Location
    AMC's Cardigan Lodge, 774 Shem Valley Rd, Alexandria, New Hampshire
  • Spaces left
    14

  June Women's Weekend at AMC's Cardigan Lodge, NH:
  Hiking and Paddling

  
  

  Dates: Friday, June 20 - Sunday June 22, 2025

  REGISTRATION is Closing Wednesday May 21

  Location: AMC's Cardigan Lodge,
  774 Shem Valley Rd, Alexandria, New Hampshire 

  Fee: $225 per person for 2 nights lodging (bunk rooms or camping) and 6 meals.

  Join Women Outdoors for a hiking and paddling adventure to AMC's Cardigan Lodge, at the base of Mt. Cardigan in Alexandria, NH.

  Registration will close on May 15th to reserve our spots.

  Lodging includes Friday dinner through Sunday lunch (they feed well!).

  You can sleep in a bunk room or camping with a dining hall option. Showers are available. 

  We plan to offer a variety of hikes with experienced leaders on Saturday (low elevation easier trail loops and more strenuous hiking to one or two of the summits). On Sunday there can be hiking, but we hope you will paddle with us on a flat section of the Pemigiwasset River, 26 minutes drive to the east.

  Potentially we can bring a variety of single kayaks for you to rent at $25 each, or bring your own.

  MUST be paid in full through our Wild Apricot website (AffiniPay) or check to secure your reservation. 

  Cancellation fee of $25 prior to May 20th.
  PLEASE NOTE: If you have to cancel after May 20th you will need to find a WO member to take your spot or not receive a refund. This is AMCs policy for group reservations.

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• South America Adventure 2025

  • Start
    28 Jun 2025
  •  
    10:00 AM
  • End
    15 Jul 2025
  •  
    10:00 PM
  • Location
    Peru and Ecuador
  • Registered
    16 registrants

  Registration is closed

  South America Adventure 2025!

  Machu Picchu, Galapagos Islands, Ecuadorian Amazon Jungle
  

  Bucket list trip alert! Have you ever wanted to go on the trip of a lifetime? Well, Women Outdoors is planning an breathtaking adventure for June-July 2025 to Macchu Picchu, the Galapagos Islands and the Ecuadorian Amazon.
  

  You can choose to go on one, two or all three adventures. The exact dates have not yet been set, but we'll travel between late June and mid July 2025.

  Here's the trip in a nutshell:

  Machu Picchu - Late June 2025. Walking tour of Cusco. Sacred Valley tour by van to Ollantaytambo. Tour Ollantaytambo ruins. Guided tour of Machu Picchu. Pachamanca feast in home of Qechua farmer.
  

  Galapagos Islands - Immediately after Machu Picchu. Optional tours to chocolate farm and coffee plantation. Van tour of Highland Tortoise Reserve and lunch on a farm on the way to the village of Puerta Ayora. Speed boat to Isabela Island/Puerto Villamil and then boat to Tintoreras Islet for snorkeling. "Tunnels" day boat trip and snorkeling in underwater lava formations. Service project on a coffee farm. Speed boat transfer to Santa Cruz Island for dinner hosted by fisherman and family.
  

  Ecuador Amazon Cruise - After the Galapagos Islands, probably early July 2025. This adventure begins in Quito and after a short flight to Coca, we'll board a motorized canoe for a short journey down the river before reaching the Manatee Amazon Explorer for our welcome aboard. A local naturalist guide will give an introduction to the Ecuadorian Amazon. Some of our activities will be a nighttime forest walk, canoe trip on the Panayacu River delta, nature walks with local naturalist guides, kayaking and swimming in Piranha Lake (not as dangerous as it sounds!).
  

  We're working with Adios Adventure Travel to plan this awe-inspiring adventure. Adios Adventure Travel helped facilitate the Women Outdoors trip to Machu Picchu in 2022 and we loved it so much we asked them to help us out again.
  

  Right now, we're just looking to see how many Women Outdoors members would be interested in joining us on this incredible adventure.
  

  Click here for a detailed description of each segment of the trip.

  Once you've had a chance to dream about this trip of a lifetime, come back to this web page and register your interest.

  There is no commitment to attend at this point; we just want to see how much interest is out there. You do not need to be a member of Women Outdoors to let us know of your interest in this trip at this time. Just click on the REGISTER button and let us know you're interested.
  

  If you want to come, check your passport's expiration date. It must be valid until at least January 2026.
  

  Our South America Adventure 2025 is open to only members of Women Outdoors. You can join right now by clicking on Join Us.

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• Fall VT paddle trip - Connecticut River +.

  • Start
    19 Sep 2025
  •  
    4:00 PM
  • End
    21 Sep 2025
  •  
    4:00 PM
  • Location
    Chester VT area
  • Spaces left

  Women’s weekend paddle trip on the Connecticut River on moving water with a gentle flow, and on a nearby lake. We will be renting a large house near the Mt Ascutney region. More details to follow on registration.
We will be ‘vetting’ people to make sure that this is a good paddling fit for you all.

  Registration:  If you are interested, you need to email bonna.wieler@gmail.com with your interest.

  Estimated costs $200-250 plus food share

  To Register - (You must be a Women Outdoors organization member)

  https://www.womenoutdoors.org/event-

  
Day 1: We will be paddling down the Connecticut River. Must be able to paddle long distances/long hours: about 10 miles on the river/ 5-6 hours paddle time.

  Day 2: nearby lake

  Kayak rentals available for $60 for weekend.
We will split the cost of the lodging and food. More info closer to date of trip.

  
PLEASE NOTE: Overnight Women Outdoors trips are open only to dues-paying members of the Women Outdoors organization. Joining this Meetup group does not make you a WO member; you can sign up, starting at $30/year (or $15 for those under 18, full-time students, and seniors 65 and over) at our organization's national site: http://womenoutdoors.org/joinus.
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Participant Guidelines
o For day trips, Participants are encouraged but not required to be members of Women Outdoors. We ask you to become members after two trips with WO. For overnight trips, participants are required to be members of the organization
o Prepare for your trip by following the directions and recommendations made by your trip leader such as: achieving the physical conditioning necessary for the trip, bringing the proper equipment, the necessary food, water, etc.
o Leave information about your trip location and itinerary with a friend or family.
o Share any medical concerns or needs with the trip leader and accurately portray your skill level to the trip leader.
o Understand and accept responsibility for your own safety and the safety of others by acting prudently and exercising good judgment.
o Be aware of your own limits: take responsibility to do only what you feel competent doing on a trip and take the initiative to express your discomfort when necessary.
o Work cooperatively with the trip leader and others as part of your group.
o Become aware of and use sound environmental practices.
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LASTLY: By clicking the "Yes" option on the RSVP link you are agreeing to the Assumption of Risk as stated here: https://www.womenoutdoors.org/Risk/

  
  

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