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Explore New Trails with these List Challenges

May 12, 2022 by GMC Staff Leave a Comment

Window view from the fire tower on Bald Mt.

Cindy Griffith and Ira Sollace are list people. They tackle lists of peaks and trails to reach places they’ve never even heard of, like Cow Mountain. Cindy recently found that one on the NorthWoods Stewardship Center’s list of mountains in the Northeast Kingdom region of Vermont. The couple completed the NEK 20 in October of […]

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Green Mountain Club and FPR to Invest $460,000 to Rebuild the Popular Burrows Trail on Camel’s Hump

May 4, 2022 by Chloe Miller 1 Comment

Popular hiking trail to receive significant improvements to hold up against increased hiker traffic and increasing precipitation due to climate change Contact: Keegan Tierney, Director of Field Programs at Green Mountain Club, [email protected] Kathryn Wrigley, Forest Recreation Specialist, Vermont Department of Forests, Parks, and Recreation, [email protected] Waterbury Center, VT — The Green Mountain Club (GMC) […]

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The Satisfaction of a Thru-Hike with Family

March 3, 2022 by Guest Author Leave a Comment

The Chartrand family thru-hikes the LT.

This post was written by Rita Chartrand. It appeared in the Winter 2021 edition of the Long Trail News under the headline “Trail’s End.” My husband, Phil, and teenage daughters, Michele and Camille, and I hiked out that last day, and suddenly it was all over. The Long Trail was behind us. At first, we […]

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Section Hiking the Long Trail over Three Winters

January 13, 2022 by Angie Hilsman 3 Comments

Sue Johnston finishes the Long Trail at Kelly Stand Road.

Sue Johnston and her husband, Chris Scott, park at the Route 9 trailhead in Bennington. No hikers greet them, nor do they expect any to at 3 a.m. on a March morning. Chris says his goodbyes as Sue slips into socks, boots, and Microspikes. She heads northbound up the Long Trail carrying enough gear for […]

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Help Support the Busy Trail Season Ahead

December 30, 2021 by Mike Debonis Leave a Comment

map showing planned 2022 field projects

What a year! This past field season was one of the busiest in recent memory with an extraordinary amount of work accomplished, thanks to your support: seven new privies; reconstruction of multiple shelters; bridge repairs; and major trail work on the northern Long Trail, around Stratton Pond, and at Bolton Mountain. I had the pleasure […]

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Memorial Day Weekend Kicks Off Vermont’s Hiking Season 

May 26, 2022

CONTACT: Chloe Miller, Communications Manager, [email protected], (802) 241-8324  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  May 26, 2022  Vermont – The holiday weekend signals the end of spring mud season and the start of summer hiking. Trails around the state are now open, and the warming weather … 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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