I like to be outside for the New Year if possible. I’m not one for New Year’s resolutions, but it starts the year out right and resets my constant intention to be outside more. The tradition started several years ago with just one friend. We hiked a few miles out an easy trail to a […]
GMC Staff Are Volunteers Too
Volunteerism is the backbone of the Green Mountain Club. In recognition of this, it’s an employee benefit that GMC will match the time an employee volunteers for another organization in paid leave for a few days per year. This is a new benefit this year and GMC staff was excited to take advantage of it! […]
Hiking the Long Trail for CVU’s Graduation Challenge
This post was written by Elliot Cockayne about his 2016 Graduation Challenge. Students at Champlain Valley High School in their senior year are required to do something they have never done before or something that they think would contribute to the community. This project is required for graduation and is thus appropriately named Graduation Challenge. So, […]
The World is Our Classroom
Author Cindy Ross has a new book entitled, The World is Our Classroom- How One Family Used Nature & Travel to Shape an Extraordinary Education (Skyhorse Publishing, NYC). The content in this piece is excerpted from her book. Cindy will be presenting on this topic at GMC next Monday, October 1st. Find details below. As […]
5 Young Women Decide to Take a Hike
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 […]
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