RANDOLPH — The Appalachian Mountain Club operates eight mountain huts for full summer service. In June 2011, it celebrated the re-opening of its newly-rebuilt Madison Spring Hut, which stands on the col at 4825 feet between Mounts Madison and Adams in the Northern Presidentials.
It is on the same site as AMC's original Madison Spring Hut, built in 1888 just 12 years after the club's founding in 1876.
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