2012 Mountain Alliance Fall Calendar

Note: Trip permission slips received at Membership Meetings have the final information for a trip – this

calendar may be incorrect. Our schedule is always subject to change.

*Pancakes in the Park is a fundraiser for the Mountain Alliance, join us for a delicious breakfast and help support this program! Bolded events are open to everyone! All other trips must be pre registered.

Date Time Trip Location 8/30/2012 6-8pm MA Kickoff Watauga High School

9/1/2012 8-12pm Pancakes in the Park Watauga Farmer’s Market 9/6/2012 3:30-7pm The Boat Project Watauga High School 9/8/2012 8-5pm The Big Sweep The New River 9/10/2012 3:30-7pm LIFT Service Hospitality House 9/11/2012 3:30-8pm Alpine Tower Watauga High School

9/13/2012 3:30-5:30 The Boat Project Watauga High School

9/13/2012 6:30-8pm Membership Meeting Watauga High School

9/14/2012 3:30-7pm Service/Biking Greenway, Boone 9/18/2012 3:30-8pm Hike and Swim Price Park, Parkway 9/20/2012 3:30-7pm The Boat Project Watauga High School 9/21-22/2012 3:30-5pm Lift Climbing Overnight Little Lost Cove 9/25/2012 3:30-7pm Outdoor Photo Kick Off! Various locations 9/29/2012 9-5pm Biking Wilksboro, NC 10/2/2012 3:30-7pm Outdoor Photo Various Locations 10/3/2012 3:30-7pm LIFT Service TBA 10/4/2012 3:30-7pm The Boat Project Watauga High School

10/4/2012 6:30-8pm Membership Meeting Watauga High School

10/6/2012 TBA Hound Ears Fundraiser Hound Ears 10/9/2012 3:30-7pm Outdoor Photo Various locations 10/11/2012 3:30-7pm The Boat Project Watauga High School 10/12-14/2012 3:30-2pm Penland Photography Penland School of Crafts 10/15-17/2012 Outward Bound Course Pisgah National Forest 10/18/2012 12-7pm African Drumming & Valle Crucis, NC

Valle Country Fair 10/19/2012 12-8pm The Boat Project Watauga Lake 10/20/2012 2-7pm Valle Country Fair Valle Crucis, NC 10/23/2012 3:30-7pm Outdoor Photo Various Locations 10/25/2012 3:30-8pm CLIMBATHON! Watauga High School 10/30/2012 3:30-7pm Outdoor Photo Various Locations 11/2-3/2012 3:30-5pm Climbing/Camping Overnight Table Rock, NC 11/2/2012 5-9pm Outdoor Photo Exhibit Jones’s House, Boone, NC 11/6/2012 3:30-8pm Outdoor Cooking Price Park, Parkway 11/8/2012 6:30-8pm Membership Meeting Watauga High School

11/9-11/2012 3:30-2pm LIFT RETREAT Watauga Lake and Worley’s 11/12/2012 11-3pm Farm Cafe Service Farm Café, Boone, NC 11/17/2012 9-8pm Day Caving Worley’s Cave, Bluff City, TN 11/27/2012 3:30-7pm The Amazing Race Boone, NC 11/29/2012 5:30-8:30pm End of Year Celebration! Watauga High School

12/1/2012 11-3pm LIFT Farm Cafe Farm Café, Boone, NC 12/7-8/2012 3:30-5pm Overnight Caving Worley’s Cave, Bluff City, TN 12/10/2012 3:30-7pm Hospitality House Dinner Hospitality House, Boone

2012 Mountain Alliance Fall Calendar

Note: Trip permission slips received at Membership Meetings have the final information for a trip – this

calendar may be incorrect. Our schedule is always subject to change.

*Pancakes in the Park is a fundraiser for the Mountain Alliance, join us for a delicious breakfast and help support this program! Bolded events are open to everyone! All other trips must be pre registered.

The Great Boat Project: Join the boat crew by restoring and fixing the newest part of

our fleet. The crew will also be heading to Watauga Lake and learning the basics of

sailing and navigation. The Boat Project will meet every Thursday for eight weeks.

Students who join the crew are asked to commit to participate in each work day.

You can find more information by going to the MA website and visiting the Boat Blog!

LIFT: Leadership Initiative for Female Teens! Girls are welcomed to all of the trips on

our Fall calendar. However, LIFT trips are opportunities exclusively for our girls!

LIFT is a place every girl is welcomed and encouraged to try new things and

experiences! This fall we have six trips that are just for you! Service, Climbing, Caving,

Backpacking and an end of year retreat.

Outdoor Photography Series: Outdoor Photography is a six week series that meets on

Tuesdays. Students will learn the skills of proper equipment technique, digital photo

editing, and the opportunity to get OUTSIDE. Each week will be divided between

classroom and hands on experience. The best photos will be on Display at the Jones’s

House, Friday, November 2nd

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Ready to go Outward Bound?: Are you ready for something new? New Skills? New

friends? New self? Push your limits with a three day Outward Bound experience!

Backpack, Climb, Camp, Navigate, LIVE!

This is a chance to discover that there is more in you than you know!

Go Outward Bound, October 15-17th

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FALL FUNDRAISOR! Climbathon: Thursday, October 25

th A day of climbing, music, food and prizes!

All to help Mountain Alliance continue to offer the trips you love!

All trips meet at Watauga High School in the Mountain Alliance room. After school trips meet @ 3:40pm

so students will have time to stop by their locker on the way. The majority of Mountain Alliance trips are

suitable for beginners, so everyone is welcome! Students that have filled out and turned in a membership

application are welcome to sign up for any outing offered. Specific trip details will be given at membership

meetings. Call Mountain Alliance at 263-1770 or check out our website www.mountainalliance.org for

more information. Mountain Alliance is now on Facebook! Look us up in order to see pictures and up to

date announcements.

This fall, Mountain Alliance has a full and exciting calendar! It is important to attend the all member bi

monthly Membership Meetings to save your spot on these exciting fall adventures. If you miss a meeting,

stop by the MA room1313 to find out what you missed! Check out some sneak peeks into your future

adventures…