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GMC Trail Angels on the Move!

June 28, 2016 by GMC Staff 11 Comments

Did you know there is a network of willing volunteers stationed across the state, working together to provide hiking knowledge, recommendations for the best places to get water or stay for the night, and transport to and from trailheads? And that they are motivated simply by a shared love of the trail and a desire […]

Filed Under: From the Field, News, Trail, Volunteers

Annual Meeting 2016

May 24, 2016 by GMC Staff Leave a Comment

We are less than three weeks away from the Green Mountain Club’s 106th Annual Meeting! This year’s meeting, hosted by GMC’s Northeast Kingdom Section, will be heldon Friday and Saturday, June 10-11, at Lyndon State College in Lyndonville. The Annual Meeting brings section members, volunteers, and GMC staff together every year in June to share club news […]

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Volunteer at Barnes Camp Visitor Center this Summer!

May 19, 2016 by GMC Staff 3 Comments

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 […]

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Remember the Ladies

April 27, 2016 by GMC Staff 1 Comment

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. . . .” […]

Filed Under: History

Spring Walkthroughs & Trail Maintenance Days

April 22, 2016 by GMC Staff Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: News, People, Stewardship, Trail, Volunteers

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Artists of the Long Trail

December 2, 2023

From climbs that take your breath away to the iconic silhouette of Camel’s Hump, the Long Trail inspires artists as well as hikers — and has done so for more than 100 years. The artists profiled below substantiate their love of and inspiration from the Green Mountains on paper – and in the metal … 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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