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Battell Shelter: A Look Back and Plans for the Future

August 21, 2025 by Mike Debonis Leave a Comment

At 3,300 feet on the south side of Mount Abraham, just under a mile from the summit, the Long Trail hiker comes upon Battell Shelter. The three-sided Adirondack-style lean-to, built […]

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Musketeers, Too: Retracing the Three Musketeers’ Footsteps

March 12, 2024 by Guest Author Leave a Comment

Read part one, where Barre resident Cara Clifford Nelson recalls her close bond with her grandmother, Catherine Robbins, and Catherine’s legendary 1927 thru-hike of the Long Trail, in this series […]

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How the “Three Musketeers” Came to Be

February 29, 2024 by Guest Author Leave a Comment

This article was written by Cara Clifford Nelson, granddaughter of Catherine Robbins, one of the “Three Musketeers,” the first women to thru-hike the Long Trail. It is part of a […]

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Airplane Crashes Along the Long Trail

April 14, 2023 by Guest Author Leave a Comment

This article previously appeared in the Spring 2023 Long Trail News, and contains much of the same information from the 2023 Taylor Series presentation titled “Airplane Crashes on the Long […]

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Meet Minerva Hinchey, GMC’s Secretary 1955-1975

February 2, 2023 by Guest Author 1 Comment

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This article previously appeared in the Winter 2022 Long Trail News, under the headline “Meet Minerva Hinchey.” It was written by Larry van Meter. Green Mountain Club members might assume […]

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Vote for the 2025 Hikers’ Choice Photo Winner

September 5, 2025

With over 200 entries submitted to this year’s photo contest, it was difficult to narrow down our selections but we managed to choose 14 photos to include in the Hikers' Choice vote. These photos embody unique or memorable elements of the hiking experience or struck our eye in a unique … 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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