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GMC Camps Program Wraps Up Successful First Season of Managing Bolton Valley Cabins

May 10, 2018 by GMC Staff Leave a Comment

The Green Mountain Club has wrapped up its first full winter season of managing Bolton Lodge and Bryant Camp for public rental, a long-realized goal since both cabins were brought under public ownership in 2013 as part of a 1,161-acre conservation effort lead by Friends of Bolton Nordic & Backcountry and the Vermont Land Trust.  […]

Filed Under: Camps, News

Staff Favorite Mud Season Activities

April 12, 2018 by GMC Staff 1 Comment

Once mud season starts, even GMC staff members have to take a break from hiking Vermont’s mountains.  We tend to stick to the valleys instead, giving the trails plenty of time to dry out.  Check out some of our favorite mud season activities below: Mollie Flanigan, Land Stewardship Coordinator Canoeing in the Champlain Valley In mud […]

Filed Under: Hiking

Early Spring Wildflowers of Vermont

March 22, 2018 by GMC Staff 8 Comments

This article on identifying common spring wildflowers of Vermont was written by Mollie Flanigan, Land Stewardship Coordinator. Now that spring has sprung, let us welcome in the season with anticipation and appreciation for the amazing plants that are about to erupt from the frozen ground and usher in the growing season. First to spring into […]

Filed Under: Education, From the Field

Join the Volunteer Long Trail Patrol This Summer

February 22, 2018 by GMC Staff 1 Comment

Are you looking for a way to make a positive impact on the trail?  If you have some free time this summer, why not join the Volunteer Long Trail Patrol?  Meet new people of all ages and backgrounds while working and living on the trail. Learn how to build and maintain hiking trails – or, if […]

Filed Under: People, Trail, Volunteers

The Sunset Ridge Trail and Cabot Private Stock Cheese

January 25, 2018 by GMC Staff Leave a Comment

This post was written by Jocelyn Hebert, Long Trail News Editor. I take pride in being a native Vermonter, but until I climb Vermont’s highest peak, at 4,393 feet, in winter, I won’t fully feel like one. That’s just who I am—plenty of Vermonters have never stepped foot on Mansfield, let alone Mansfield in winter. My […]

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Aedes aegypti, a type of mosquito

The When, Where, Why, and How of Vermont’s Bugs

June 29, 2022

Summer is a hot time of year for Vermont's critters, especially the creepy, crawly kinds. And while bugs are great — they pollinate vegetation; decompose dead plants and animals; and fuel the food chain — they can also threaten human health and wellbeing. Here's what you need to know to protect … Read more

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The Green Mountain Club is the founder and maintainer of the Long Trail - the oldest long distance hiking trail in America. Established in 1910 to build this trail stretching the length of Vermont, the club now also maintains the Appalachian Trail in Vermont and trails in the Northeast Kingdom in its mission to "make the Vermont mountains play a larger part in the life of the people." Read more...

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