New York Backpackers Club

We're a club of outdoor enthusiasts who come together for day hikes, weekend backpacking trips, and longer excursions that include rock climbing, kayaking, orienteering, survival training, and other exciting adventures!

We are one of the largest Adventure Recreational clubs in New York with a significant percentage of members interested primarily in 4 season recreational adventure. Our Adventure recreational clubs; welcome, train, and support anyone interested in the Great Outdoors, even those who have never put a foot in the forest.

Our Club provides scheduled recreational adventures twelve months a year. Participants include adult men and women of all ages and physical condition.

Our Annual suggested support fee is $20.00 but you can give what you can.

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Featured Meetup

Costa Rica Sustainable Living & Travel
- Sun Feb 26
  7:00 AM
- → RSVP
- 1 attending
- 2 comments
Price:

$749.00 per person
Apame Ecopark

Guanacaste, Guanacaste (map)
Costa Rica Sustainable Travel & Living February 26th through March 3rd, 2012 Our basecamp is on the Nicoya peninsula in an area known as a blue zone, one of the areas of the world in which people commonly live to over 100 years with continuing active and healthy lives. According to NatGeo Nicoya is the BLUEST of them. What is this fountain... Learn more

Hosted by: Greg Weiss (Assistant Organizer)
- Laura:
  Costa Rica is an amazing place to visit. I went there 3 years ago and loved it!
  
  Posted December 22, 2011 at 12:46 AM
- Greg Weiss:
  It's my favorite place to go so far. I was a bit adverse to it at first because so many "gringos" go I'd figure it would be kind of tame, but there are so many animals, protected places, etc.
  It's also great to go and support that countries decision to save it and offer it to folks like us to come and see.
  
  Posted December 25, 2011 at 2:38 PM
Meetup
Ice climbing festival in Conway, NH
- Fri Feb 03
  7:00 PM
- RSVP 6 days
  left
- 8 attending
- 9 comments
Conway Hostel

36 Washington St, Conway, NH (map)
Guys, there is an awesome ice climbing festival in North Conway, NH the first weekend of February. Let's go and join fellow ice climbers for demonstrations and clinics.... Learn more

Hosted by: Francisco (Assistant Organizer)
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Adirondacks President's Day Weekend (hiking, ice climbing, skiing, etc)
- Fri Feb 17
  7:00 PM
- → RSVP
- 48 attending
- 54 comments
Needs a location

Coming soon!
We will go up the Daks for some hiking, ice climbing, cross-country skiing or downhill skiing for President's Day Weekend. I am trying to find a house with a hot tub in... Learn more

Hosted by: Francisco (Assistant Organizer)
Meetup
Adirondacks Winter 46er Series: Cascade & Porter Mts
- Sun Feb 26
  9:00 AM
- RSVP 7 spots
  left
- 13 attending
- 2 comments
Needs a location

Coming soon!
Dorothy at HVH is doing this hike and I wanted to do it also and the dates work for me. So I am reposting it sans a few things here and there like the Noonmark Diner... Learn more

Hosted by: Francisco (Assistant Organizer), and Dorothy (Assistant Organizer)
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Winter Backpacking in the Adirondacks
- Fri Mar 02
  7:00 PM
- RSVP 2 spots
  left
- 10 attending
- 1 comment
Needs a location

Coming soon!
I will do a winter backpacking trip to finish the winter season since I will probably be flying to Patagonia the next weekend. I will miss the winter. Let's celebrate it... Learn more

Hosted by: Francisco (Assistant Organizer)
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Recent Meetups

Tuesday at 7:00 PM, 9 Backpackers attended
Patagonia Trip Planning Meeting
They rated it 5.001 (1 ratings)

Let's meet to set the dates and a rough schedule for the trip. We need to figure airports, tickets and such. We will meet at Snice on 8th Ave. They have food and free... Learn more
January 23 at 6:30 PM, 2 Backpackers attended
Movie night at the Patagonia Tin Shed
I didn't know I was going to be in NY for this so I didn't post it earlier. A few of the other meetup groups have posted this event but I figured that there might a few... Learn more
January 19 at 7:00 PM, 2 Backpackers attended
Portland, climbing Mount Hood if the weather is nice or sightseeing
We are going to Portland, Oregon. Might try to climb Hood if the weather is nice. If you don't want to come up Hood there are other hikes you can do. If the weather is... Learn more
January 15 at 7:00 AM, 2 Backpackers attended
Mount Kilimanjaro + Tarangire National Park + Serengeti National Park
I am re-posting this as a new event because the old posting for this was about a year old and Protus plus a few of the members going on this trip asked me to re-post it... Learn more
January 13 at 4:00 PM, 61 Backpackers attended
MLK Weekend New Hampshire trip
They rated it 5.0014 (14 ratings) and uploaded 349 photos

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It was the bomb diggity.

—Pat Jones

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epic.

—Anne