Noble View Outdoor Center -- News and Events

The North Cottage is complete and open for lodging!

The fully renovated North Cottage accommodates 10 guests in 4 private bedrooms of various bed combinations. There's electricity, a large common area, and a kitchen with a 6-burner gas range and refrigerator.

The Noble View Bath House / Restrooms are open!

Our new building features safe potable water, hot showers, hand sinks,dish washing stations, and flush toilets. Enjoy all the modern conveniences in lighted and heated comfort!

Come enjoy summer in the Berkshires!

To welcome past and new guests, we're offering a mid-week discount for the Double Cottage and the North Cottage during July, August, and September. If your group reserves 9 or more beds, take 15% of a 3-day stay, or 20% off a 5 day stay. The $2.00 weekday discount isn't available with this discount offer.

For reservation information please contact Gary Forish at 413-519-3251 or forgary@comcast.net.

SOLO Wilderness First Aid Training
March 24-25, 2012 and May 19-20, 2012

Improve your skills and increase your confidence - learn accident scene management and patient care at Western Massachusetts' Noble View Outdoor Center.

Cost: $140, with optional lodging if required. For reservations, contact Gary Forish before 8:00pm at 413-519-3251, or by email: forgary@comcast.net.

For course details, see the Education page.

SOLO Wilderness First Responder Training
May 30-June 6, 2012

This course is a comprehensive and in-depth look at the standards and skills of dealing with backcountry emergencies. It's the recognized industry standard for those who work as backcountry trip leaders, camp counselors, mountain guides, river guides, and ski patrollers.

Cost: $700, lodging included. For reservations, contact Gary Forish before 8:00pm at 413-519-3251, or by email: forgary@comcast.net.

For course details, see the Education page.

Fall 2011: Noble View Kicks Off A Mountain Classroom Program for Schools

A Mountain Classroom offers an integrated learning experience that merges environmental education, personal development and team building seamlessly in a hiking-based program that challenges students and inspires an appreciation for the natural world.

For more information or to schedule a program, contact: Andrea Muller at 603-466-2721 x8132, or by email: amuller@outdoors.org.

For program details, see the Education page.

We're spinning the meter backward at Noble View Outdoor Center!

The photovoltaic array on the bath house went online on February 5, 2010, and immediately began to generate electricity. The electricity that isn’t used at Noble View flows back into the grid.

Monitoring at the link below began on 3/5/10. Under Energy Performance, there’s a bar graph showing the amount of electricity generated per day, and under Equivalents you can get a better idea of the amount of power we’ve generated on an ongoing basis.

http://www.powerdash.com/systems/1000151/

In keeping with Noble View's conservation mission, lighting has been converted to the latest technology in cold start (-20 F) low mercury CFL bulbs, with a savings of $1,600 at the North Cottage and $2,900 at the Double Cottage (savings estimate based on an average use of three hours per day per light).

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