This post was written by Isaac Alexandre-Leach, GMC’s Field Supervisor. Stick a fork in it, the 2020 Field Season is done! Needless to say, this field season was an unusual one, but I’m not going to focus on all the ways this was a challenging year. Ultimately, we were lucky to be working at all, […]
Building Puncheon and Community on Mount Ellen: A Volunteer and Staff Work Day
This post was written by Matt Heller, GMC’s Media Intern. Matt is a senior in the media studies program at St. Michael’s College, minoring in environmental studies. All photos and videos in this post are his. On Monday, October 5th, Green Mountain Club staff members and volunteers spent the day near the summit of Mount […]
Lye Brook Trail Reroute Opens!
Take that, COVID-19! Despite the setbacks of 2020, we were able to move forward with a trail project that has been years in the making. Stratton Pond is a popular hiking destination for so many that it’s even in our HikeVT recommendations, but it is also a fragile pond ecosystem that requires special consideration. The […]
End-to-Enders in Their Own Words
Twice a year in the spring and fall, we process End to Ender certification applications from folks who have hiked every mile of the Long Trail. With the next deadline coming up on October 1st, we want to remind everyone to submit their applications, but also want to share some statistics on the 238 hikers who […]
A New Privy is Built
Many of you are surely wondering “Did I sense a positive shift in groundwater quality and hiker experience late last week?”. You bet you did—David Logan pit privy has been replaced with an accessible moldering privy! Field Assistant Rosalie Sharp has been hard at work putting together plans, ordering materials, and prefabricating the structure at […]
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