Dr. Harry Chen, M.D., who is the Vermont Commissioner of Health, wrote this article on being tick smart for the Summer Long Trail News. Dr. Chen is a longtime GMC member and lives with his wife Anne in Burlington. They have three children, all of whom are Long Trail end-to-enders! Deer ticks, which can transmit Lyme […]
Memorial Day Weekend Kicks Off Vermont’s Hiking Season
The holiday weekend is traditionally the start of the hiking season in Vermont. Hiking is one of the state’s top summer tourism draws and we estimate 200,000 people visit The Long Trail each year. From its rocky summits to gentle valleys, Vermont is home to hundreds of miles of hiking opportunities. This is a great […]
Spring Walkthroughs & Trail Maintenance Days
Each spring, Green Mountain Club’s sections visit the sections of trails that they maintain to get them prepared for the hiking season ahead. Section volunteers spend the day (or days!) on the trail removing brush, cutting blowdowns, painting blazes, and clearing waterbars, all to make sure that the trails are accessible for hikers and primed for another year […]
The Traditional Berkshire Ski Changed to a Pleasant Hike
Below is an article written by Marjorie March in the Bennington Section Spring Newsletter. The Bennington Section is one of our amazing sections that has trail maintenance trips to spruce up sections of the Long Trail, including from Harmon Hill, south of VT Route 9 in Woodford, north to the top of Glastenbury Mountain. They also take […]
It’s Mud Season in the Mountains!
Press Release Media Contact: Dave Hardy, GMC Director of Trail Programs, (802) 343-9017 GMC Asks Hikers to Avoid Muddy Hiking Trails The Green Mountain Club (GMC), maintainer of Vermont’s Long Trail and Vermont’s hiking trail advocate, and the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation (FPR), manager of State Forests and Parks, announce that Mud Season has […]
