October 24th - 26th (Friday - Sunday)

Join us from Friday evening October 24th through Sunday October 26th for our 12th annual Fall Camping Weekend!

**NEW RULE - Quiet hours: 10pm-8am. You CANNOT drive ATVs around campground without dogs attached. This will be enforced!  NO ATV USE WITHOUT DOGS ATTACHED!
 

Branch Brook Campout!!! Come for the fun weekend of all about DoGs! List of mini seminars and trainings will be posted closer to the event! The weekend is being held at Branch Brook campground in Campton NH. It contains multiple miles of private trails on which mushers can use
 ATVs (NH Registration is NOT required, nor are NHMA stickers), carts, bikes or scooters on for training. The trail has many fun twists and turns and is excellent leader training. The campground has year-round facilities and we've booked a private area just for us mushers. This weekend is meant to be a fun and social way to start the season. We welcome new mushers/members to our sport (even with just 1 dog, biking or running canicross), come join us all, meet new people and dogs! This is private property so you don’t need to be registered in NH!

Hope you can join us!

CAMPING FEES:

Must register and let us know your coming. Please make payment of membership and camping fee ($$) before the Campout. Must be a current NCM member to attend. Contact Dawn with any questions.

2 nights-$25.00
1 night-$15.00
Day fee-$15.00

Please pay your appropriate fee here!

Please update and pay your membership BEFORE the weekend.  Join by clicking on the MEMBERSHIP link at the top of this page.

RULES:
**NEW RULE - Quiet hours: 10pm-8am. You CANNOT drive ATVs around campground without dogs attached. This will be enforced!  NO ATV USE WITHOUT DOGS ATTACHED!

** Please have a copy of all your dogs rabies certificates with you.

 

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:
Friday 10/24

  • 2:00 PM - arrival/camp set-up/train on your own

  • 7:00 PM - community fire? (might not be possible for a fire with current drought/fire ban)

Saturday 10/25

  • 8:00 -10:00 AM - train on your own

  • 10:00 – 11:00 AM - meet and greet with coffee and donuts

  • 11:00 – 12:00 PM

    • TBD - Paul

    • Line out training – Ingrid

  • 12:00 – 1:00 PM

    • Introduction to Rally – Corina, Ashley, Kaitlyn

    • lineout and distraction training – Ingrid

  • 1:00 – 2:00 PM - Annual membership meeting

  • 2:00 – 3:30 PM - train on own

  • 3:30 – 5:00 PM - passing training (leapfrog and head on)

  • 6:00 PM - pot luck dinner followed by community fire & shared tales of the trail

Sunday 10/26

  • 8:00 – 10:00 AM - train on your own

  • 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM - (Informal group training: build on previous day’s training sessions) – Ingrid

  • 12:00 – 3:00 PM - free training

  • 3:00 PM - pack up and depart


 

Friday Night:
Setup after 3 PM.. feel free to run your dogs after you get there!

FALL MEETING - Saturday 2pm

DIRECTIONS & INFO ON BRANCH BROOK

Website Link - https://branchbrooknh.com/

Sweatshirts, Tshirts and Calendars will be at the camp out!

 
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