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Long Trail Guide, 26th Edition 2007
Hike the Long Trail! This is an essential book for anyone planning on hiking the Long Trail, either as a day-hiker or thru-hiker. It includes detailed maps and trail descriptions for 500 miles of the Long Trail and its side trails. Broken down into 12 Divisions, this guide gives you mileage charts and elevation profiles to help you plan your hike. It also describes the shelters and gives information on water sources.
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Long Trail Guide Updates and Corrections:
Page 170, northbound mileage:
Lamoille Valley Rail Trail at West Settlement Road is 26.6 miles from Bolton Mtn (not 26.2)
Page 204, sidebar:
The last line on the Belvidere Mountain Suggested Day Hike was inadvertently omitted during printing and should read “This trip is suitable for backpacking. Total loop 7.9 mi., 5 hrs."
Page 225: Click here for the correct AT 1 profile.
The ISBN 13 number for the 26th edition is: 978-1-888021-18-9
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Little Rock Pond will be the site of some archeological digs sponsored by the Green Mountain National Forest in 2009 as we prepare to build a new Long Trail Shelter at the pond in 2010 to celebrate GMC's 100th anniversary. For information, please contact Dave Hardy at GMC, dhardy(at)greenmountainclub(dot)org.
Shelters
2009:
Seth Warner Shelter: a bear box has been installed to secure food from a persistent ursine visitor. Please don’t feed the animals!
Caughnawaga Shelter has been dismantled owing to unsafe conditions. Kid Gore Shelter, built in 1971 as the replacement shelter is now the replacement shelter and is about 200 yards south of Caughnawaga. The best water source is the stream near Caughnawaga, 200 yards north of Kid Gore Shelter.
Lost Pond Shelter, which burned down November 2006 has been rebuilt by GMC volunteers with assistance from the Long Trail Patrol.
Old Job Shelter, one of three CCC era shelters on or near the LT/AT, was renovated by the Volunteer Long Trail Patrol with AT Festival volunteer and GMC staff support.
Greenwall Shelter was reroofed during AT Festival work trips. Its picnic table and short access bridge were also replaced by teenage volunteers from Groundwork USA.
Gov. Clement Shelter is closed in August so a stone mason can repair years of damage to the mortared stone walls of one of the oldest shelters on the Long Trail and Appalachian Trail (built 1929). Once this work is done, GMC Killington Section will repair the sleeping platform and re-shingle the roof.
Tucker Johnson Shelter will get a new roof next weekend during the Long Trail Festival in Rutland, courtesy of long distance hiker volunteers for the Rutland Hard Core Trail Crew. They’ll also be building bog bridging on top of Deer Leap overlooking the venerable Inn at Long Trail.
Further north:
Theron Dean Shelter will be closed for renovations in September.
Montclair Glen Lodge restoration was completed in May in time for Memorial Day weekend.
Jay Camp restoration was completed last fall.
2010:
GMC and US Forest Service and ATC will be building a new shelter at Little Rock Pond. The two old shelters, Lula Tye Shelter south of the pond and Little Rock Pond Shelter north of the pond, will remain open until the new shelter is completed.
We will also be doing a little work on Peru Peak Shelter next season if funding permits.
Trail Relocations & Bridge Work
Beaver Activity - Wet Trail
Stamford Meadows (Division 1, Stanford)
Griffith Lake (Division 2, Peru)
Stratton's North Shore Trail (Division 3)
Long Trail south of LRP (Division 4)
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16th Edition of "The Long Trail End-to-Enders Guide"
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Thanks to the volunteer Bob McCaw of Wellesley, MA this year’s 16th edition of the End-to-Ender's Guide is in tiptop shape. In it you’ll find new features and the most up-to-date information on Long Trail towns and trail relocations. The guide is an essential guide for anyone doing long hikes on the Long Trail and the perfect companion to The Long Trial Guide and The Long Trail Map. In addition to Bob’s work, a new design and maps were created by Josh Shaw of HINGE Graphic Design of Burlington, Vermont. We are also grateful to our Thursday volunteers who helped check and update listing information and volunteer Russell Norton who authored the first edition.
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Third Edition Long Trail Map
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New in October 2007, the third edition of this popular product is better than ever with enhanced graphics, an improved elevation profile, and the latest information about shelter and trail locations and mileages. Proceeds benefit the work of the club to maintain and protect Vermont’s hiking trails. Special thanks to Hull Printing of Barre, Vermont and The Wilderness Map Company of Twin Mountain, NH for their partial donations of printing and production services!
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