This article was written by Vic Henningsen and previously appeared in the Spring 2020 Long Trail News. Historian and former VPR commentator Vic Henningsen was a caretaker and ranger-naturalist on Mount Mansfield during the 1970s. There’s an old story about a pair of caretakers at Butler Lodge in the 1930s offering porcupine stew and blueberry […]
Happy 110th Birthday, GMC!
March is the month when we welcome Spring, get ready for the upcoming hiking season, and celebrate the Club’s birthday. Today, March 11, GMC turns 110! And for 103 years of that history, hikers on the Long Trail have been guided by the Long Trail Guidebook. Following the spine of the Green Mountains from Massachusetts […]
A Solo Winter Thru Hike of the Long Trail
This article was written by Keith Kimball. Keith is a passionate backpacker and winter climber. He is a multiple-time Long Trail hiker, completing two back-to-back end-to-ends in 1990, again in 1998, in addition to a fifth hike in winter 1995. He has also completed multiple end-to-end hikes of the Appalachian Trail (five), Pacific Crest Trail […]
Thru-Hiking the Long Trail in Winter
This article previously appeared in the Winter 2019 Long Trail News. We GMC staff members have heard mention of winter end-to-end Long Trail attempts for years. We thought there had to have been at least a couple of winter thru-hikers, but no one could name one. A Long Trail News archives search turned up former […]
Passing of a GMC Caretaker Pioneer: Daan Zwick
Daan Zwick was a Green Mountain Club caretaker in the 1930s, an active volunteer into the 1980s, and a generous supporter of the club. After a full and active life, he died on November 21st at his home in Rochester, New York. Daan was 97 years old. Daan’s deep commitment to the Long Trail motivated […]
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