Every two years the Sunapee-Ragged-Kearsarge Greenway Coalition (SRKG) organizes a Wilderness First Aid training held at Colby-Sawyer College for community members to learn how to stay safe on their outdoor adventures and how to assist others when an accident or illness occurs in the backcountry. The course is taught by instructors from SOLO based out of Conway, NH who specialize in wilderness emergency medicine courses. This year 45 participants and 2 instructors spent two days learning and discussing how to help someone who is injured, ill, or suffering from an environmental challenge, such as hypothermia. It was a great weekend with a lot of real-world examples and field scenarios that gave students a chance to discuss and practice their new skills. For those of you who may have missed the course or are looking for additional wilderness training, you can visit SOLO’s website at soloschools.com. A picture of our training group this January 2024 is attached.

About 10 miles of the SRKG “75 mile loop” of trails go through Andover, trails that link Mount Kearsarge and Ragged Mountain. (SRKG trails 9 and 10). For more information about the SRKG or about becoming a member, please visit our website: srkg.org. Trail maps are on the website, or a paper copy of  the 4th edition of the SRK Greenway Trail Guide can be ordered from the website or purchased at the Morgan Hill Bookstore in New London, NH.  Follow the white trapezoid blazes! We hope to see you out there. Please hike safely! 

Sooze Hodgson and Kayden Will are the Andover town representatives on the SRKG Board. Contact information for the SRKG Board is also available on the website, srkgc@nullsrkg.com.