Where did the idea of attempting to hike the Long Trail with three kids come from? Back in 2002 I met my wife, Alyssa, while thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail (AT). That year a family of four thru-hiked the trail with us. We both dreamed of hiking the AT as a family too. As we got […]
Making Space for LGBTQ+ in the Outdoors
A trans woman was murdered in Morristown last week. Why am I, the Green Mountain Club’s Backcountry Construction Field Coordinator, relaying that in this space? Because I began April at the LGBTQ Outdoor Summit, hosted at the National Conservation Training Center in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. To understand the joy I felt there, you must first […]
Exploring New Trails: the NEK Mountain Challenge
Who likes lists? My husband, Ira Sollace, and I have always been list people, often planning our hiking adventures around various mountain checklists: The Long Trail by Divisions The NE67, a list of 4,000 footers in Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine LT Side-to-Side Trails (88 side trails that intersect the Long Trail) New England 100 […]
Reflections on Returning to Vermont
This post was written by Lettie Stratton and appeared in the Fall 2021 edition of the Long Trail News under the headline “Green Mountain Home.” Lettie is a writer and founder of Wild Wanderer, an online community for LGBTQ+ outdoors enthusiasts. Lettie reflects on returning to Vermont after several years away. During the height of the […]
A Transgender Thru-Hiker’s Reflections
This article was written by Aubri Drake. It previously appeared in the Spring 2021 Long Trail News under the title “We Can All Belong: A Transgender Thru-Hiker’s Reflections on the Long Trail.” In August 2018, I set out to hike the Long Trail with my friend Beth, who I met on the Appalachian Trail in […]
