We are partering with Smugglers’ Notch State Park, Stowe Mountain Resort, and Lamoille County Planning Commission to staff the historical Barnes Camp at Smugglers’ Notch this summer and fall – and we need your help! Barnes Camp will be open as a visitor center each weekend from Friday, June 24, 2016 – Sunday, October 9, 2016. Originally […]
Remember the Ladies
The following blog post was written for the Green Mountain Club by Reidun Nuquist, a long time GMC volunteer and leader of the Montpelier Section. In March 1776, Abigail Adams wrote to her husband John away in Philadelphia with the Continental Congress, “. . . I desire you would Remember the Ladies. . . .” […]
Spring Walkthroughs & Trail Maintenance Days
Each spring, Green Mountain Club’s sections visit the sections of trails that they maintain to get them prepared for the hiking season ahead. Section volunteers spend the day (or days!) on the trail removing brush, cutting blowdowns, painting blazes, and clearing waterbars, all to make sure that the trails are accessible for hikers and primed for another year […]
New 5th edition Long Trail Map available!
Fall hiking season is just beginning–get your new map today! Available online, at many Vermont retail stores, and at the GMC Visitor Center store in Waterbury Center. The redesigned 5th edition of Vermont’s Long Trail Waterproof Hiking Map is now larger and more detailed. This map combined with the Long Trail Guide and End-to-Ender’s Guide provide the […]
LT Relocation Map and Information
Long Trail Relocation through Winooski River Valley Directions from Camel’s Hump Long Trail parking lot to the Long Trail North in Bolton From the Camel’s Hump Long Trail parking lot at Duxbury Road, follow the Long Trail North (along the Duxbury Road) 1 mile to a parking lot on the north side of the road […]