The article previously appeared in the Fall 2013 Long Trail News. To Pee or Not to Pee –Lee Allen The Long Trail and Appalachian Trail in Vermont are well known for the large number and varied design of their overnight facilities. Fortunately, the Green Mountain Club can never be accused of using a cookie-cutter design […]
Supporting the Long Trail Patrol
This post was written by Jocelyn Hebert, Long Trail News Editor. Some of us need more time to process our thoughts than others to give a careful reply to a question. When GMC Field Supervisor Ilana Copel heard I was planning to hike the Frost Trail on Mount Mansfield to photograph the hard-working Long Trail […]
Tools of the Trail
This post was written by Isaac Bernstein, Kevin Tolan, and Emily Ulman, GMC’s 2017 field staff interns. If you’ve ever passed by a working trail crew while you were out hiking and wondered what their strange tools were, or heard the sometimes bizarre names of tools and wondered what they are actually used for, read on! […]
Training for the Trail
This post written by Jordan Rowell, Volunteer Long Trail Patrol Crew Coordinator. Last week, a group of eleven Green Mountain Club field staff entered the forest on the north side of Smugglers’ Notch for a three-day technical skills training. Among our ranks were the three members of this year’s Long Trail Patrol, along with Crew Leader, […]
Leave No Trace in the Alpine Zone
This post was written by Adam Joseph, GMC’s Lead Caretaker on Mount Mansfield. If you’re hiking to the summit of Mount Mansfield, Camel’s Hump, or Mount Abraham in Vermont, you will be entering areas with Vermont’s only alpine tundra. Alpine tundra can occur above treeline where there are adverse conditions, usually too cold and windy […]
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