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2025 GMC Photo Contest: Winning Photos and Other Entries

September 15, 2025 by GMC Staff Leave a Comment

Thank you to everyone who entered the 2025 GMC photo contest! In this year’s contest, members of the Long Trail hiking community shared over 200 images that capture the beauty […]

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New Historical Marker Honors the Long Trail Lodge 

September 11, 2025 by Chloe Miller Leave a Comment

The Killington Section is hosting an unveiling ceremony for the new historical marker for the Long Trail Lodge on Saturday, September 27 at 4 p.m. Section President Herb Ogden, Historian […]

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Vote for the 2025 Hikers’ Choice Photo Winner

September 5, 2025 by GMC Staff 4 Comments

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’ […]

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Conservation Partners Secure Further Protection of the Long Trail and Surrounding Corridor

July 30, 2025 by GMC Staff Leave a Comment

Waterbury, VT – The Green Mountain Club (GMC), Vermont Housing and Conservation Board (VHCB) and the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation (FPR) have conserved the Deer Camp property […]

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Fighting Emerald Ash Borer on the Appalachian Trail

July 29, 2025 by GMC Staff Leave a Comment

This article appears in the 2025 Summer Long Trail News as “Fighting Invasive Species on the Appalachian Trail: The Emerald Ash Borer Has Spread Throughout Vermont in Recent Years.” It […]

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2025 GMC Photo Contest: Winning Photos and Other Entries

September 15, 2025

Thank you to everyone who entered the 2025 GMC photo contest! In this year's contest, members of the Long Trail hiking community shared over 200 images that capture the beauty of Vermont’s mountains, trails, and hiking community as seen through your eyes and camera lenses. Scroll through the winning … 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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