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Burrows Trail Project Complete: Green Mountain Club Completes Overhaul of Historic Camel’s Hump Hiking Trail

October 8, 2024 by GMC Staff Leave a Comment

on left, an eroded, rooty section of trail. on right, a rock staircases bordered by rocks has replaced it.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT: Chloe Miller, Communications Manager at Green Mountain Club, [email protected], 907-632-7405 Kathryn Wrigley, Outdoor Recreation Specialist IV, Vermont FPR, [email protected], 802-871-0535 GREEN MOUNTAIN CLUB COMPLETES OVERHAUL OF […]

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Vote for Your Favorite in GMC’s Fall Foliage Photo Contest!

October 21, 2021 by GMC Staff 13 Comments

northern terminus in fall

There’s nothing more magical than Fall in Vermont, and we got so many amazing submissions to the first-ever Fall Foliage Photo Contest. We’ve chosen the Grand Prize Winner and now […]

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Author Derick Lugo to Postpone LT Thru-Hike

September 23, 2021 by GMC Staff 1 Comment

Derick explores the Short Trail at GMC headquarters.

Author and thru-hiker Derick Lugo had started his Long Trail thru-hike last week at the Massachusetts border, with the plan to head northbound to Journey’s End over the coming month. […]

Filed Under: From the Field, News Tagged With: Derick Lugo

Author Derick Lugo To Share Long Trail Thru-Hiking Experience

September 14, 2021 by GMC Staff Leave a Comment

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — September 14, 2021 Contact: Alicia DiCocco, Director of Development & Communications [email protected]; (802) 241-8322 Green Mountain Club Partners with Author Derick Lugo To Share Long Trail […]

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2021 GMC Photo Contest Winners

August 26, 2021 by GMC Staff 2 Comments

This high-contrast photo of Mt Ellen wins the grand prize; photo by Sam Yang

A huge ‘thank you’ to everyone who participated in this year’s photo contest. Your submissions support our work by inspiring others to enjoy the outdoors, but they further our mission […]

Filed Under: News, Trail

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Big News for Strategic Conservation of the Long Trail System

May 1, 2025

This article appears in the 2025 Spring Long Trail News and was written by GMC Director of Conservation Mollie Flanigan. In previous editions I've described the process of developing the Green Mountain Club Strategic Conservation Plan that outlines our road map to permanently protecting the Long … 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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