First-Year Trips Set the Course
New students bond and find adventure around the Upper Valley and beyond.
Miles Ford '30 and Helen Hass '30 talk as their trail running group hikes to their Boston Lot campsite in Lebanon, N.H. (Photo By Sophia Scull '25)
Members of the Hanover Croo lead students with dancing and get-to-know-you activities before they depart campus. (Photo By Robert Gill)
Multiple trips camped out at Storrs Pond in Hanover, including mountain biking, orienteering, and timbersports. (Photo By Katie Lenhart)
The climb-and-camp trip at the Newbury Cut near Lake Sunapee is popular every year. (Photo By Chris Johnson)
Students on the orienteering trip hike through Oak Hill's many trails in Hanover. (Photo By Katie Lenhart)
Students on a canoe trip along the Connecticut River stop for the night at a campsite near Fairlee, Vt. The spent part of the afternoon playing a lively game of Uno. (Photo By Katie Lenhart)
Hanover's Oak Hill Outdoor Center also played host to multiple mountain bike trips. (Photo By Katie Lenhart)
Emily Allison '27 demonstrates bouldering at The Notch climbing gym in Lebanon, N.H., which a Sunapee climbing trip visited to get out of the rain. (Photo By Robert Gill)
Eva Figlar '30 and Lucas Parham '30 consult their maps during an orienteering excursion. (Photo By Katie Lenhart)
Members of the Ski Lodge crew ladle soup—which plays a starring role in the final dinner—to trippees at the Dartmouth Skiway. (Photo By Robert Gill)
Sustainability trip participant Nicola Odendaal '30, left, and trip leader Mansi Mathur '27 pick flowers at the Dartmouth Organic Farm. (Photo By Katie Lenhart)
Bennette Kate Ross '28 explores the set storage at Northern Stage in White River Junction, Vt., during the new performing arts trip. (Photo By Robert Gill)
After completing the orienteering course, students play a round of spoons while waiting for the second team to finish and join them. (Photo By Katie Lenhart)
Steps away from campus, the Connecticut River regularly is the site of kayak and canoe trips. (Photo By Chris Johnson)
Dancing before dinner is a necessary part of the first-year experience at Moosilauke Ravine Lodge. (Photo By Robert Gill)
Students on a variety of trips share a dinner at Moosilauke Ravine Lodge. (Photo By Robert Gill)
After a few days out on their individual trips, students come together to camp in yurts at the Dartmouth Skiway. (Photo By Robert Gill)
Kristina Petkova '30 shows off the keychain she made at the Class of 1982 Engineering and Computer Science Center's Cable Makerspace during the inaugural clay, clasps, and collage trip. (Photo By Robert Gill)