If you are new to cold-weather pursuits, be sure to check out MITOC's winter school. You'll learn everything you need to know. For those looking for more advanced options, MITOC facilitates mountaineering activities throughout New England, the US, and abroad.
Warning: mountaineering combines the technical difficulties of rock, ice, and snow climbing with countless objective hazards including, but not limited to rockfall, icefall, avalanches, crevasses, whiteout, extreme cold, and may involve rescue times of days, not hours. Mountaineering is a serious undertaking with a very real danger of death or quality of life impairing injury. Participants must be aware of and accept these risks and be responsible for their own actions and involvement.
We are not guides, and so we expect anyone with an interest in joining us on an expedition to demonstrate a minimum competency and willingness to train. We train all year round, and welcome everyone at our training sessions.
We also have practice sessions at the crags, usually about once a month. This spring and last fall we ran 3-session introductory series on rock anchors and lead climbing at Hammond pond. Check it out at the gallery.
More specific info every week on the email list.
There are a number of plans in the works for major expeditions. If you are interested, become a regular at training sessions.
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If you are interested in joining us for any of our activities, sign up on our mailing list: mitoc-training@mit.edu, or contact the Mountaineering Chair.
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