This year, the Green Mountain Club’s annual Photo Contest received it’s most entries ever – over 700 photos by over 130 participants. Thank you to everyone who entered this year’s contest, sharing with us the beauty of Vermont’s mountains, trails, and hiking community through your eyes. Scroll through the winning photographs and a selection of […]

The Green Mountain Club, maintaining trail club of the Appalachian Trail in Vermont, is saddened to learn of the death of Appalachian Trail section hiker Robert “Steady Eddie” Kerker. Mr. Kerker was reported overdue to the National Park Service on July 24, and the search was organized by Vermont State Search and Rescue in cooperation […]

Based on a primary assessment of the Long Trail System, we were fortunate to avoid any major infrastructure damage or threats to trail continuity or hiker safety as a result of the torrential rain that battered the northeast and led to the July 2023 flood. However, many of our neighbors and communities did not come […]