2023 Photo Contest – Winning Photos & Other Entries

September 11, 2023 by Lily LaRegina 1 Comment

This year, the Green Mountain Club’s annual Photo Contest received it’s most entries ever – over 700 photos by over 130 participants. Thank you to everyone who entered this year’s contest, sharing with us the beauty of Vermont’s mountains, trails, and hiking community through your eyes. Scroll through the winning photographs and a selection of other entries we just had to share!

Grand Prize

“Two Islands in the Mist” at Kent Pond, by Erik Gehring

Hikers’ Choice

Winter footsteps on the Butler Lodge Trail, by Susan Ujka Larson

Flora and Fauna Category

Icy moss at Sterling Pond, by Lisa Hardy

Hikers Category

A hiker surveys the view from White Rock Mountain. by Nathanael Asaro

Landscapes and Views Category

Whiteface Mountain looking south to Mount Mansfield, by Tom Spiltoir

Trail Features Category

Butler Lodge sunset, by Ari Singer-Freeman

More Amazing Photo Contest Entries

Sunset from Prospect Rock, by Sonda Lawrence

Morning frost in late September, by Brett Klopp

Thundering Falls, by Emma Sekercan

Lincoln Summit and full moon, by Karl O’Leary

“Brandon Gap FOOOOOOODDD,” by Karen D’Amore

“Spruce Peak Hiker Sunrays,” by Eva Us

Snail on the Long Trail on the way to Haystack Mountain, by Sondra Lawrence

Mt. Mansfield from Irish Settlement Road, by Erica Fuller

“Reflections of Section Hike Dedication,” between Lincoln Gap and Cooley Glen by Nicole Alexandra Constable

Sunrise at Skyline Lodge, by Will Morris

“Below the Notch,” by Austin Karper

Stone-sided shelter on the Long Trail, by Sonja Perkins

“Route 4 Trail Love,” by Kristen Shull

“The Tallest Kids in Vermont” on the summit of Mt. Mansfield, by Taylor Mikell

Trail features category entry from Mt. Mansfield, by Lisa Pratt

“Just NoBo of Maine Junction,” by Ben Safari White

Wheeler Pond from Moose Mountain, by Barb Mackay

Milkweed and seeds along the Long Trail in southern Vermont, by Lorna Cheriton

“Stratton Pond Sunscape,” by Rob Ricketson

“Frosted Camels Hump Above the Clouds,” by Ernesta McIntosh

Trail features category entry by Lev Sugerman Brozan

Belvidere Fire Tower, by Owen Kupferer.

Comments

Lorna Cheriton says

September 29, 2023 at 7:22 am

What a variety of marvelous images!!! Thanks to the GMC for having the contest and to all participants for seeing afresh the beauty of the outdoor and the Long Trail.

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