Mountain Day Reunions
Mountain Day Reunions were started in 2011 by a few very homesick golden sphinxes led by Meredith Nelson ’11. The way it works is simple: When the bells toll on Mountain Day the reunions begin!
Find a Mountain Day Reunion!
Events will be listed as they are received and will be held at all locations listed below at 6:37 pm (18:37) local time unless otherwise indicated by the host. Be sure to connect with the host, let them know you're joining and share the event with friends.
One of Mount Holyoke College’s oldest traditions, Mountain Day, has already brought hundreds of Mount Holyoke community members to the summit of Mt. Holyoke, celebrating with ice cream, temporary tattoos and singing of the alma mater.
New Jersey
Not Just Yogurt
Mountain Day
4 pm
31 North Main St
Manahawkin, NJ
Organized by: Nina Szap Ditmar ’84 and Alison Cheney Marcello ’85
Dalton Farms
Saturday, September 27 (rain date 9/28)
10 am
660 Oak Grove Rd
Swedesboro, NJ 08085
Organized by: Shannon Choe ’96
The Bent Spoon
35 Palmer Square W
Princeton, NJ 08542
Organized by: Margot Whitmore ’23
New York
Gelateria Gentile
253 Wythe Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11249
Organized by: Stephanie Corrales ’16
Guptill’s Ice Cream
1085 Loudon Rd
Cohoes, NY 12047
Organized by: Miriam Cantor-Stone ’12
Van Leeuwen Ice Cream
2578 Broadway
New York, NY 10025
Organized by: Juniper Glass-Klaiber ’21
Soft Swerve Ice Cream
28-17 Jackson Ave
Long Island City, NY 11101
Organized by: Ariel Russ ’13
Ice Cream Social
481 Mamaroneck Avenue
White Plains, NY 10605
Organized by: Susan Weill ’74
Pennsylvania
Handel’s Homemade Ice Cream
573 E. Lancaster Ave
Berwyn, PA 19312
Organized by: Shannon Choe ’96
Millie’s Shadyside
232 S Highland Ave
Pittsburgh, PA 15206
Organized by: So Jin Lee ’13
Illinois
Jeni's Wrigleyville
3657 N Clark St
Chicago, IL 60613
Organized by: Naira Ahmad ’98
Rainbow Cone
162 E Superior St
Chicago, IL 60611
Organized by: Phoebe Murtagh
Brown Cow
7347 W Madison St
Forest Park, IL 60130
Organized by: Leslie Sutphen
Ohio
Mason’s Creamery
4401 Bridge Ave
Cleveland, OH 44113
Note: Important: Mason's Creamery is closed on Mondays. If Mountain Day falls on a Monday, we will meet at the Ohio City location of Mitchell’s Homemade Ice Cream, 1867 W. 25th Street. Cleveland, OH 44113
Organized by: Kelly Bahmer-Brouse ’86
Town Hall City
Thursday, October 2
6:37 pm
1909 W 25th St
Cleveland, OH 44113
Organized by: Rebekah Cotton ’85
Michigan
Blank Slate Creamery
300 W. Liberty St
Ann Arbor, MI 48103
Organized by: Sevanne Demirjian ’95
Moomers
7263 N. Long Lake Rd
Traverse City, MI 49685
Organized by: Katherine Marciniak-DeGood ’97
Minnesota
Sebastian Joe’s Linden Hills
4321 Upton Ave S
Minneapolis, MI 55410
Organized by: Anne Henke ’88
Missouri
Betty Rae's in Waldo
Saturday, October 5
1 pm
7140 Wornall Rd
Kansas City, MO 64114
Organized by: Alice Capson ’71
Connecticut
Sunny Daes
808 Post Rd
Fairfield, CT
Organized by: Ellen Landowne ’56
Gelatissmo
20 Forest St, #2
New Canaan, CT
Organized by: Ellen Landowne ’56
Ashley’s Ice Cream
280 York Street
New Haven, CT 06511
Organized by: Naomi Rogol ’16
Rich Farm Ice Cream
691 Oxford Road
Oxford, CT 06478
Organized by: Teresa Morais ’94
Deborah Ann's Sweet Shoppe
40 Canterbury Lane
Ridgefield, CT 06877
Organized by: Tania Isenstein ’88
A.C. Peterson Farms
240 Park Rd
West Hartford, CT 06119
Organized by: Ellen Cosgrove ’84
Massachusetts
Bedford Farms Ice Cream
20 North Rd
Bedford, MA 01730
Organized by: Donna Albino ’83
Rota Spring Farm
117 Chace Hill Rd
Sterling, MA 01564
Organized by: Lisa Steele ’86
Rhode Island
Three Sisters
1070 Hope St
Providence, RI 02906
Organized by: Jessica Hopkins ’88
Georgia
Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams - Decatur Square
545 N McDonough St
Decatur, GA 30030
Note: New location, On the Square. Use on-street parking nearby, MARTA, or try the public library lot at 215 Sycamore St, Decatur. Be sure to find us, we have discount coupons donated by a generous alum!
Organized by: Liz Leslie Bagley ’83
Maryland
Jeni's Bethesda
Thursday, September 25
6:37 pm
4918 Elm St
Bethesda, MD 20814
Organized by: Esther Nasjleti ’92
North Carolina
Simply Natural Creamery
2117 S Glenburnie Rd
New Bern, NC 28562
Organized by: Kate Lasher ’14
Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams
908 W Main St
Durham, NC 27701
Organized by: Zo Webster ’92
Virginia
Jeni's Shirlington
Thursday, September 25
6:37 pm
4150 Campbell Ave
Arlington, VA 22206
Organized by: Esther Nasjleti ’92
Woody's Fairfax City
Thursday, September 25
6:37 pm
10435 North St
Fairfax, VA 22030
Organized by: Esther Nasjleti ’92
Washington DC
Jeni's 14th St.
Thursday, September 25
6:37 pm
1925 14th St NW
Washington, DC 20009
Organized by: Esther Nasjleti ’92
Alaska
Wild Scoops
530 E Benson Blvd #7
Anchorage, AK 99503
Organized by: Erin Barker ’03
California
Tucker’s Ice Cream
1349 Park St
Alameda, CA 94501
Organized by: Susan Tom ’98
Arcata Community Forest and Arcata Scoop
Saturday, September 27
12 pm
1068 I Street
Arcata, CA 95521
Organized by: Elizabeth Knaus ’06
Pints of Joy
3768 Capitol Ave - Suite I
Fremont, CA 94538
Organized by: Jen King ’91
Curbside Creamery
482 49th St
Oakland, CA 94609
Organized by: Katie Wynen ’05
Pink Berry
680 Stanford Shopping Center, Suite 14
Palo Alto, CA 94304
Organized by: Lisa Weissman ’84
Humphry Slocombe
One Ferry Building
San Francisco, CA 94111
Organized by: Eleanor Chang ’78 and May Chen ’21
The Penny Ice Creamery
913 Cedar Street
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Organized by: Louise Jeffrey ’00
Nature’s Organic Ice Cream
279 W Washington Ave
Sunnyvale, CA 94086
Organized by: Trudy Levy ’69 & Shan Jiang ’21
Colorado
Sweet Cow
669 S Broadway
Boulder, CO 80305
Organized by: Aviva North ’19
New Mexico
Cottonwood Creamery & Cookies
Mountain Day
5:30 pm
6561 4th Street Unit A
Los Ranchos, New Mexico 87107
Organized by: Merlyn Liberty ’90
Hawaii
Edible Hawaii at McCully Shopping Center
1960 Kapiolani Blvd Suite 115
Honolulu, HI 96826
Organized by: Monchalee (Steiger) Ota ’04
Oregon
Kulfi
3540 N Williams Ave
Portland, OR 97227
Organized by: Kristin Hansbrook ’11
Texas
Jeni’s Splendid Ice Cream (Rive Village)
Thursday, September 25
6:37 pm
5411 Morningside Dr
Houston, TX 77005
Organized by: Michelle Taylor Watts ’94
Washington
Welly’s Real Fruit
115 E. Railroad Ave, #103
Port Angeles, WA 98362
Organized by: Laurel Moulton ’01
Milk Drunk
2805 Beacon Ave S
Seattle, WA 98144
Organized by: Elise Evans ’10
Wyoming
The Big Chill
Wednesday, September 24
6:37 pm
1321 Sheridan Ave
Cody, WY 82414
Organized by: Carole Mackenzie ’84
Australia
Gelato Messina - Circular Quay
Friday, September 19
6:37 pm
Shop G-10, Gateway Plaza
1 Macquarie Place, Sydney, 2000
Sydney NSW 2000
Organized by: Olia Petkova ’01
France
Le Parc des Buttes Chaumont
Sunday, October 5
3 pm
75019 Paris, France
Note Meeting Point: At the gates to the entrance of the park opposite the City Hall of the 19th arrondissement.
Organized by: Barbara Greer ’79
Germany
Cafe Haidhausen
Monday, October 6
5:30 pm
Franziskanerstrasse 4 - Munich Haidhausen
Organized by: Catherine Jourdan ’95
Italy
Villa Borghese
Villa Borghese, 00197 Roma
RM, Italy
Note: We will meet at Trinità del Monte and walk to Pincio in Villa Borghese
Organized by: Claudia Palmira ’95
Netherlands
Singer Museum Laren - Noord Holland
Saturday, October 11
11:30 am
Oude Drift 1
1251 BS Laren
Organized by: Silvia Maulini ’80
Philippines
McKinley Road, Forbes Park
Makati City, Philippines
Saturday, September 13, 2025
4 pm
Organized by: Maria Socorro Gochoco-Bautista ‘78
United Kingdom
Bonnie & Wild
Friday, September 26
6 pm
Level 4, St James Quarter
Edinburgh EH1 3AE
Organized by: Elise Ramsay ’18
Gelupo
Saturday, October 4
1 pm
7 Archer Street, London W1D 7AU
Organized by: Corinne Morgan ’13
Jannettas Gelateria
Saturday, October 4
1 pm
31 South St, St. Andrews KY16 9QR
Organized by: Kyung Kang ’05
Roberto Authentic Italian Gelato
Saturday, October 4
2 pm
3 Goodramgate
York Y01 7LJ
Organized by: Alex Slucky ’16
Don’t see your location on the list? Feel free to add it using this form.
We encourage all alums to share photos of celebrations on your social media channels using the hashtag #MtnDayMHC and to add your photos and memories to our Mountain Day 2025 Padlet board on Mountain Day.
Have questions? Email us.
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