Earlier this hiking season, Vermont State Parks partnered with the National Weather Service’s Burlington office to raise awareness of the detailed recreation and mountain point forecasts the agency produces daily. Meteorologist Seth Kutikoff breaks down how to read a mountain forecast, and how to apply its findings to your next hike! The National Weather Service […]
“I HATE HIKING!” One Story of Hiking with Dad
This article appears in the Summer 2023 Long Trail News. It was written by Brooke Marshall, inspired by hiking with dad. We reprint it here just in time for Father’s Day. My dad’s an Appalachian Trail thru-hiker who’s climbed the 100 highest peaks in New England…twice. He’s also a Long Trail End-to-Ender; he section-hiked the […]
Airplane Crashes Along the Long Trail
This article previously appeared in the Spring 2023 Long Trail News, and contains much of the same information from the 2023 Taylor Series presentation titled “Airplane Crashes on the Long Trail in Vermont.” Both the article and presentation are by Brian Lindner. An old Far Side cartoon showed two pilots looking out the windshield as […]
Rare Plant Discovery, A Win for Alpine Stewardship
This article previously appeared in the Spring 2023 Long Trail News under the headline “Alpine Steward Discovers Rare Plant on Mount Mansfield’s Summit.” It was written by Liam Ebner. Alpine zones, the living remnants of the last ice age, make their home on the higher summits in New England and New York, where they serve as […]
Ask a Science Teacher: Why is the Long Trail so Muddy?
Vermont — and especially the Long Trail — is known for being sort of muddy. We even have an official fifth season, “mud season.” Why is Vermont (sometimes known as “Vermud”) and the Long Trail so muddy? Why is the Long Trail so muddy? To answer, we asked Joe Bahr, newly minted author of the […]
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