What is it like to work on a trail crew? For more than 90 years the Green Mountain Club has hired seasonal crews to live and work on our trails. The Long Trail Patrol, GMC’s professional crew, augments the efforts of the club’s hundreds of volunteers to undo the effects of erosion by water and […]
Author Derick Lugo to Postpone LT Thru-Hike
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. Unfortunately, he and GMC staff have made the difficult decision to postpone the trip. What happened? Derick was pumped to start his Long Trail thru-hike […]
Storyteller Derick Lugo to Thru-Hike the Long Trail
Representing the nation’s oldest, long-distance hiking trail is no easy task. Our staff and volunteers do it regularly, balancing trail history, hiking advice, and Leave No Trace ethics while guiding new and veteran hikers alike. But what does it take to represent the Long Trail and the folks who manage it while hiking Vermont’s iconic […]
Alpine ID: 15 Plants to Find above Treeline
State botanist Bob Popp kneels beside a flat rock, just in front of the Mt. Mansfield Visitor Center. He points out mountain cranberry and bluets to a dozen GMC staff — 11 of whom are recently hired seasonal caretakers. The mountain cranberry and bluets are alpine plants, rare and fragile species that grow above treeline. […]
GMC Visitor Center Staff: Meet the 2021 Hiking Information Specialists
We here at the Green Mountain Club are so pleased to be able to reopen our Visitor Center to the public this summer. Stop by Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, and Mondays at our headquarters on Route 100 in Waterbury Center to review and buy guidebooks and maps, learn about the history of the Long Trail, and […]
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