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 A History
of the RMC Camps: Part 1
By Judith Maddock Hudson, Winter
2003-2004
"In 1947 the Board came
up with a different solution: a caretaker hired and supervised
by the RMC to run both Crag and Gray Knob, with expenses shared
by the Club and the town. The Forest Service still would not
allow the RMC to charge even a modest fee, so the Board asked
for donations from users."
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 A History of the
RMC Camps: Part 2
By Judith Maddock
Hudson, Summer 2004
"Crag Camp, the favorite
haunt of many Randolphians, had received ongoing repairs through
the years: a new floor, window repair, a front porch, several
new roofs. By the early 1990's the original structure had become
decrepit, and the Board voted to replace the existing structure."
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 A Study
of RMC's Winter Visitors
By John Pereira, Winter 2004-2005
"I approached the Randolph
Mountain Club and the White Mountain National Forest and asked
if they would be interested in having me conduct a winter impact
assessment of the Northern Presidential Range..."
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 Bragging Rights
By Will Kemeza,
Summer 2003
"Having spent the last,
frigid, winter as the Gray Knob caretaker, I was able to witness
the natural processes of the mountain world with some immediacy..."
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 Crag, the Cozy Camp
By Norma Hart,
Winter 2002-2003
"Crag Camp is a retreat
in the Northern Peaks of the Presidentials. It is as comfortable
in winter as in summer and twice as charming. To judge from the
blank appearance of the register in winter, this is not well
known or exploited."
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 Guy's Winter at
Gray Knob
By Laura Waterman,
Summer 2003
"With encouragement of Guy
and Doug Mayer, I made it up the Lowe’s Path and was able
to see how well-swept and welcoming Guy and Paul kept Gray Knob.
The next morning we awoke to 20 below outside and 10 above inside,
so Guy broke the cardinal rule and started the stove..."
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 Mountain Hut Hosts
Sounds of Music
By Marty Basch,
Winter 2004-2005
"The music is not an hallucination.
Hikers trekking up the Spur Trail on the side of King Ravine
on Mount Adams can sometimes hear the tones of a century-old
pump organ being played from a mountain hut."
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Mountain
Peace
A poem by Dana
Snyder-Grant, Winter 2002-2003 |
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 Spending
a Winter at 4370'
By Derek "Storm" Schott,
Winter 2005-2006
"I was lucky enough to spend
a winter at RMC's Gray Knob cabin last year -- working 11 days
on and 3 days off from November through April. Several people
have asked me what it is like to spend a winter in an unheated
cabin on the side of a mountain in northernmost New Hampshire..."
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 Winter at Gray
Knob, 2005-2006
By Chris Fithian, Summer 2006
"Last summer, when I was
offered the position of winter caretaker, I took the job with
a mixture of apprehension and excitement. How would I fare in
the cold? Who would come visit me? What would I do for fun? How
can I not accept the chance to live in such a beautiful place?"
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 Winter in the RMC Camps
By Judith Maddock
Hudson, Winter 2006-2007
"Even then the winds drove
snow with such force through the cracks, around the doors &
windows that the entire room began to fill with snow - the gusts
became so violent that the whole cabin began to shake....Being
unable to sleep amidst the blowing snow & fearing a potential
collapse, I retreated into the back room..."
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