Last month, a group of five friends, all from Essex High School in Vermont, decided to take a hike on the Long Trail, with the intention of this being their practice hike before they start on their End-to-End journey next summer. Three of the group members had section hiked the trail before and two of […]
The Backpacker’s Questionnaire
This questionnaire was written by GMC member Mary Lou “Snowberry” Recor and previously appeared in the Spring 2017 Long Trail News. When the Long Trail oozes mud and black flies hatch, while other people plant Swiss chard or dream of opening day at Fenway, my thoughts turn to thru-hiking. To the sound of mice scurrying […]
Happy Birthday, Doris!
Today, we celebrated the 90th birthday of one of our favorite people – Doris Washburn! Doris has been a Green Mountain Club Montpelier Section member since 1964. She saw a listing in the newspaper for an oyster stew hike up to Taylor Lodge that January and she thought she’d try out snowshoeing. (Yes, bringing oyster […]
Hiking the Side-to-Side Trails
This article was written by Starr Morvay and previously appeared in the Summer 2017 Long Trail News. For most Long Trail end-to-enders, side trails are ways to get on and off the trail, and reference points for locating yourself on the map. That was certainly true for my husband Daniel and me as we hiked […]
Introducing Keegan Tierney, Director of Field Programs
We are happy to announce that Keegan Tierney has joined the Green Mountain Club as our Director of Field Programs! Keegan’s life-long love for trails began in his youth hiking Mt. Abraham here in his home state of Vermont. After getting hooked on trail work on the Cumberland Trail in Tennessee, his first project on […]
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