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Green Mountain Club Invites the Hiking Public to Join Long Trail Day Community Fundraiser

June 15, 2023 by Chloe Miller Leave a Comment

hikers on long trail day

Media Contact: Chloe Miller, Communications Manager [email protected], 802-241-8324 * Update: Due to the flood response situation in Vermont, we have postponed Long Trail Day, which will now take place on […]

Filed Under: News, Press Release Tagged With: Long Trail Day

Kick off Summer With our Vermont Hiking Bucket List

May 25, 2023 by Chloe Miller 2 Comments

Memorial Day Weekend marks the official start of hiking season, though early season conditions and some patches of snow and mud persist. New to hiking in Vermont, or need some […]

Filed Under: Hiking, News Tagged With: 2026Goals

Press Release: Memorial Day Weekend Kicks Off Vermont’s Hiking Season 2023

May 24, 2023 by Chloe Miller Leave a Comment

Queer Hikes participants at Sterling Pond.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 24, 2023 CONTACT: Chloe Miller, Communications Manager [email protected], (802) 241-8324 Memorial Day Weekend Kicks Off Vermont’s Hiking Season Vermont – The Friday of Memorial Day Weekend […]

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State Botanist Bob Popp Retires

May 9, 2023 by GMC Staff 2 Comments

VT Botanist Bob Popp and GMC caretakers on Mt. Mansfield

This article previously appeared in the Spring 2023 Long Trail News, under the headline “State Botanist Bob Popp, Instrumental in Caretaker Education, Retires.”  It was written by Hailey Lynch, GMC’s […]

Filed Under: People, Stewardship

From the Field: Bathroom Talk at the Little Rock Pond Composting Privy

May 1, 2023 by Lily LaRegina 2 Comments

On an overcast morning in late March, several members of the Green Mountain Club’s full-time field programs staff took a two mile hike to Little Rock Pond for some post-winter, […]

Filed Under: Education, From the Field, Sustainability, Trail

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Memorial Day Weekend Marks the Start of Hiking Season in Vermont

May 19, 2026

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 19, 2026 CONTACT: Lily LaRegina, Communications Coordinator, [email protected], (802) 241-8215 Memorial Day Weekend Marks the Start of Hiking Season in Vermont Waterbury Center, Vermont – This Friday, May 22 officially kicks off Vermont’s hiking season … 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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