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What You Missed at GMC’s 2022 Annual Meeting

June 17, 2022 by GMC Staff Leave a Comment

The Green Mountain Club held its 112th Annual Meeting in person this year at its Waterbury headquarters, a happy reunion after following heightened COVID precautions through 2020 and 2021. Staff, board members, and volunteers shared the year’s accomplishments, awarded star volunteers, and led guided outings around the area. Thank you to all those who participated. […]

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Everything to Know About Hiking with Kids

June 4, 2022 by GMC Staff Leave a Comment

mom, toddler, dogs, and backpacks sit on the rocks at the top of a hike

Hiking with kids is intimidating. There are more needs to anticipate and plan for. You will carry more. There’s new gear to navigate. We get it. Keep reading to get the whole family outside and hiking. How to Start Hiking How to hike with kiddos depends greatly on their age and abilities. Infants can generally […]

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Thru-Hiking the Long Trail with Three Kids

May 19, 2022 by GMC Staff 1 Comment

Krebs family poses at the Long Trail terminal.

Where did the idea of attempting to hike the Long Trail with three kids come from? Back in 2002 I met my wife, Alyssa, while thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail (AT). That year a family of four thru-hiked the trail with us. We both dreamed of hiking the AT as a family too. As we got […]

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Explore New Trails with these List Challenges

May 12, 2022 by GMC Staff Leave a Comment

Window view from the fire tower on Bald Mt.

Cindy Griffith and Ira Sollace are list people. They tackle lists of peaks and trails to reach places they’ve never even heard of, like Cow Mountain. Cindy recently found that one on the NorthWoods Stewardship Center’s list of mountains in the Northeast Kingdom region of Vermont. The couple completed the NEK 20 in October of […]

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How Supporting our Field Team Betters the Trails

May 5, 2022 by GMC Staff Leave a Comment

Field team members remove a fallen tree.

People often ask: “What does the field team do all winter?” Aside from postseason reporting, grant writing, and project planning (scheduling; establishing contracts; meeting with land management partners; permitting; recruiting, hiring, orienting and training 45 seasonal staff; and planning and coordinating long-term projects with GMC’s Trail Management and Camps Committees and the Board of Directors), […]

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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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