This article was written by John Page and previously appeared in the Summer 2020 Long Trail News. Before 1910 the Summit House hotel at the top of the toll road from Stowe was the center of hiking activity on Mount Mansfield. Guests driven to the hotel spent their days exploring the top of the mountain, […]
Running the Long Trail with Type I Diabetes
This article was written by Brad Johnson and previously appeared in the Spring 2020 Long Trail News. In the summer of 2018, my wife and I began contemplating an intriguing idea. Emily and I had thru-hiked the Appalachian Trail in the spring of 2001. Avid trail runners, we wondered whether two 45-year-old amateur athletes could […]
A Note of Gratitude for GMC Sections’ Work
GMC Section Presidents recently received this note of gratitude from Tim Ashe, Vermont State Senator and President Pro Tempore of the Senate. Volunteer work on the trail often goes unnoticed so we loved hearing such positive feedback and wanted to share it with you here. Each day during this current crisis I’ve been taking a […]
Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter
In Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter, award-winning environmental author Ben Goldfarb reveals that our modern idea of a healthy landscape is wrong, distorted by the fur trade that trapped out millions of beavers from North America’s lakes and rivers. The consequences of losing beavers were profound: streams eroded, wetlands dried […]
Peregrine Falcon Nesting Site Abandoned at Prospect Rock
This post was written by Margaret Fowle, Conservation Biologist with Audubon Vermont. For many of us, getting outdoors and on the trails this spring has been a huge relief from the stress surrounding the coronavirus. Unfortunately, the increase in use of some of our recreation areas has had an impact on some sensitive wildlife species, […]
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