Chocorua Mountain Club

A Successful Chocorua Mountain Club Trail Clearing Day!

A Successful Chocorua Mountain Club Trail Clearing Day!

The Chocorua Mountain Club (CMC) Trails Committee of Chocorua Lake Conservancy (CLC) hosted its annual Trail Clearing Day on May 11, with 41 participants including volunteers, CLC staff, and U.S. Forest Service Trail Crew members from the USFS Saco Ranger District.

New Opportunities for Trail Stewardship!

New Opportunities for Trail Stewardship!

In 2023, Chocorua Mountain Club merged into Chocorua Lake Conservancy, and a new coalition of trail stewards is coming together to care for the well-used trails on Mount Chocorua. You’re invited, too!

CMC Trails Committee seeks volunteers

CMC Trails Committee seeks volunteers

Now that the Chocorua Mountain Club has been merged into CLC, and as the CLC expands its own trail stewardship, we are seeking volunteers to help in different ways to care for the many trails up Mount Chocorua and on nearby conservation land.

2023 Fall/2024 Winter Newsletter

2023 Fall/2024 Winter Newsletter

Read about the work of a small land trust, Land Trust Alliance standards, upcoming projects to restore and stabilize the eastern shoreline of Chocorua Lake and repair the dam at the southern end of Little Lake, and the recent merger of the Chocorua Mountain Club into CLC. Also: a Q&A with the CLC Board of Directors, water snakes, fungi and forests, our Legacy Circle Challenge, and more!

Celebrating the Chocorua Mountain Club and Chocorua Lake Conservancy Merger

Celebrating the Chocorua Mountain Club and Chocorua Lake Conservancy Merger

Long before Chocorua Lake Conservancy was a twinkle in its founders’ eyes, and a whole decade before the founding of the White Mountain National Forest, the Chocorua Mountain Club (CMC) has been maintaining trails on Mount Chocorua…

Chocorua Mountain Club receives trail work support from White Mountain Trail Collective

Chocorua Mountain Club receives trail work support from White Mountain Trail Collective

The Chocorua Mountain Club has announced it is receiving support from the White Mountain Trail Collective that equals $110,000 for significant trail work to be completed on the Old Paugus and Paugus Beeline trails in Chocorua. The work is in partnership with the White Mountain National Forest, Saco Ranger District, as well as the Sandwich Range Wilderness Project.

Jim Liberty Cabin spruce up, and an opportunity to help

Jim Liberty Cabin spruce up, and an opportunity to help

Last year the Forest Service Saco District completed some much needed maintenance and repairs on Jim Liberty Cabin. This coming year the Forest Service plans to complete additional work on the floor of the cabin. Anyone interested in helping to hike up materials for the cabin or supplies for the crew, please get in touch.