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Restoring Taft Lodge: A Labor of Love for Historical Preservation

April 17, 2025 by GMC Staff Leave a Comment

This article appears in the 2025 Spring Long Trail News and was written by GMC Project Coordinator Justin Towers. One of the larger field projects this summer will be structural repairs […]

Filed Under: From the Field, Trail

From a Caretaker: Stewarding the Alpine Zone Through Education

November 26, 2024 by Guest Author Leave a Comment

This article was written by Izzi Duprey, who worked as one of GMC’s seasonal backcountry caretakers on Mount Mansfield throughout the summer and fall of 2024. What does a Green […]

Filed Under: Education, From the Field

Trail Talk: Waterbars and Drainage

October 18, 2024 by GMC Staff Leave a Comment

This article appears in the 2024 Fall Long Trail News and was written jointly by GMC’s Communications Manager Chloe Miller and Education and Volunteer Coordinator Lorne Currier. When Keegan Tierney, […]

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

Summer 2024 Trip Reports

September 6, 2024 by GMC Staff Leave a Comment

The summer hiking season gave us many great days of hiking and fair weather (and plenty of challenges related to this summer’s floods). Between the ups and downs, GMC’s fourteen […]

Filed Under: From the Field, Hiker Voices

Caretaking with the Mountain

June 6, 2024 by Guest Author 1 Comment

This article was written by Nathan Knutson. Nathan was a caretaker at Taft Lodge on Mount Mansfield throughout the summer of 2023.  The job description of a Green Mountain Club […]

Filed Under: From the Field, Hiker Voices

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Summer Hiking Bingo

May 31, 2025

GMC wants to help you make the most of your summer with Summer Hiking Bingo! These challenges are designed to help you get outside, learn new hiking skills, and connect with the hiking community. Download and print your own or stop in at GMC's Visitor Center to pick up your bingo board. When you're … Read more

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Mission

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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