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 […]
Explore New Trails with these List Challenges
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 […]
How Supporting our Field Team Betters the Trails
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), […]
Making Space for LGBTQ+ in the Outdoors
A trans woman was murdered in Morristown last week. Why am I, the Green Mountain Club’s Backcountry Construction Field Coordinator, relaying that in this space? Because I began April at the LGBTQ Outdoor Summit, hosted at the National Conservation Training Center in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. To understand the joy I felt there, you must first […]
Green Mountain Club Asks Hikers to Help Protect the Trails this Mud Season
March 23, 2022 Contact: Chloe Miller, Communications Manager [email protected]; (802) 241-8324 Green Mountain Club Asks Hikers to Help Protect the Trails this Mud Season Waterbury Center, VT — The Green Mountain Club reminds hikers that mud season is here, and we ask all trail users to stay off the wet and muddy high-elevation trails until […]
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