This is a guest post by John Page, GMC President. The start of every New Year is a time for reflection on the past and hope for the coming year. As president of the Green Mountain Club, I want to share some of my thoughts on why so many Vermonters feel such passion for the […]
New Year’s Eve Traditions
This article first appeared in the February 1941 Long Trail News. New Year’s Eve at Bolton, by Larry Dean Among the ten sections of the Green Mountain Club there exists no finer tradition than the annual New Year’s Party of the Burlington Section. While the rest of the country are tooting horns and swinging in […]
How the Camel Got its Hump
This is a guest post by Joe Bahr, one of GMC’s Thursday Volunteers and an amateur geologist. Camel’s Hump is the most recognized and unique mountain profile in Vermont. But how did it get that distinctive shape? The quick answer is the Ice Age. The continental glaciers grew from a region near Hudson Bay, and […]
The GMC During WWII
Veterans Day is approaching and is a great time to reflect on the men and women who have served our country. With the Green Mountain Club’s 106 year history, our members have been affected by many wars. The effects of World War II, in particular, were documented very well in the Long Trail News issues […]
Remember the Ladies
The following blog post was written for the Green Mountain Club by Reidun Nuquist, a long time GMC volunteer and leader of the Montpelier Section. In March 1776, Abigail Adams wrote to her husband John away in Philadelphia with the Continental Congress, “. . . I desire you would Remember the Ladies. . . .” […]
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