Dartmouth students share how they push the very limits of the season with rich traditions that couldn’t happen at any other time of year—or anywhere else on the planet.
Okay, I have to admit that whether living in Hawai'i has inspired my love for warmth and the sun or it's just an upside that I live there, I tend to gravitate toward warm places.
The next morning we were greeted by beautiful mounds of frosty white flakes covering our campus outside our windows - it was my very first snow experience!
Known as the DMC, the mountaineering club offers instruction, recreation, and community to novice and experienced climbers. Its Mount Lemmon trip is an annual week in Coronado National Forest...
Andie Conching is a senior neuroscience major, my tripee (a student who was on the same first year trip as you), and one of my first friends at Dartmouth.
In less than eight hours, my wonderful course on electricity and magnetism will come to a close, and so will my winter term. I'll be done before noon, spend a couple of days at home, and then finally fly off to Las Vegas to climb with the Mountain
A few weekends ago, Dartmouth’s campus was embroiled in cold war. No, it had nothing to do with Putin, nothing to do with Russia; nothing, in fact, to do with diplomacy (that is, unless you count negotiating due dates).
During Winter Carnival, The Green hosts a variety of events, like this friendly game of Broomball between House Community teams
In winter, the experience of crossing the Green under the hush of a blanket of snow is magical
The puck (above left) in the net is just one of the exciting winter sports moments! Dartmouth is competing on the ice, the court, the slopes, and in the water all winter long.
Winter Traditions
Winter Carnival
Think of it as three days of icecraft and blizzardry. Dartmouth Winter Carnival means ice-sculpture contests, human dog-sled races, and sofa sprints across frozen Occom Pond. It means whacky broomball tournaments and serious ski racing. It also means state-of-the-craft hot chocolate and roasted marshmallows. Students, faculty, staff, and their families can be heard recounting their hijinks well into spring.
Earth Science professor Meredith Kelley helps her class extract 13,000-year-old sediments from nearby Occom Pond, a short walk from her indoor lab.
In January, the campus pauses to honor Reverent Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Students and community walking as part of a candlellight vigil procession celebrating the life of Martin Luther King Jr.
With a view for miles, and a fresh blanket of snow, Dartmouth students who visited Mount Moosilauke over winter break enjoyed a special hike down the mountain.
