BETHLEHEM, N.H. (JANUARY 6, 2025)– The Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests is hosting the History of the “Peakbagging List” of the 4,000 footers on March 5 at 6 p.m. at Bretzfelder Park in Bethlehem.

Join veteran White Mountains hiker, historian Mike Dickerman of Littleton, N.H., for a discussion about the history of the popular 4,000-Footers “peakbagging list” and his bestselling guidebook to New Hampshire’s highest peak.

The 4,000-Footer guidebook remains the most comprehensive guide and history devoted solely to New Hampshire’s 48 highest peaks. Dickerman’s photo history celebrates the colorful history of the 4,000-Footers and features more than 200 vintage images culled from a variety of regional organizations and private collections. These include many rare and previously unpublished images.

The free program is interactive and designed to engage and educate audience members of all ages. Learn more and register here (walk-ins also welcome): https://forestsociety.org/events.

About the Presenter:
Dickerman, the author or editor of more than a dozen books related to the White Mountains, has climbed the 48 peaks on the list in both summer and winter and is a former member of the Appalachian Mountain Club Four-Thousand-Footer Committee. In 2021, his compilation of photographs detailing the history of the 4000-Footers was published by Arcadia Publishing. Two years later, in the fall of 2023, he published a new updated and expanded third edition of the guidebook, The 4000-Footers of the White Mountains, which he co-authored with Steven D. Smith of Lincoln, N.H., the longtime editor of the revered AMC White Mountain Guide

About the Forest Society
The Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests was founded in 1901 to “perpetuate the forests of New Hampshire through their wise use and complete reservation in places of scenic beauty.” The Forest Society owns and manages 200 Forest Reservations totaling over 63,000 acres located in more than 100 New Hampshire communities. As a land trust it holds more than 797 conservation easements protecting an additional 131,000 acres statewide.

About Bretzfelder Park
Owned by the Forest Society (www.forestsociety.org), Bretzfelder Park is managed in cooperation with the town of Bethlehem. The Park, bequeathed to the Forest Society in 1984 by Helen Bretzfelder in memory of her father, Charles, houses a classroom, educational trails, a pond, and several picnic sites. Two series of educational programs are held at Bretzfelder Park each year, one in February/March and the other in August. The Bretzfelder Family Educational Series will continue Wednesday March 12 with a presentation by Jim Frohn.