In 1910, James P. Taylor had a vision of a footpath through the wilderness and over the course of the ensuing decades, scores of volunteers, who became the founding members of the Green Mountain Club, cut what became the Long Trail. Since that time the trail corridor and treadway have been adjusted as land ownership […]
2019 Hiking Season is Here, But…
Mud season is over! Or is it? While the Friday of Memorial Day weekend (tomorrow) typically begins Vermont’s hiking season, we have had quite a lot of snow this winter that has prolonged mud season. We are almost done with May, but the snow continues to melt and it just keeps raining. Yes, there is […]
2019 Spring Trail Maintenance Dates
Every spring, the Green Mountain Club’s fourteen regional sections visit the segments of trails that they maintain to get them prepared for the hiking season. Section volunteers spend the day (or days!) on the trail removing brush, clearing blowdowns, trimming branches and undergrowth, painting blazes and signs, and improving drainage, all to make sure that […]
New Volunteers Monitor the Jay Tracts
This article previously appeared in the Winter 2017 Long Trail News. Green Mountain Club volunteer corridor monitors help to protect the Long Trail, the Appalachian Trail, and the diverse wildlife habitat of the Green Mountains, all while exploring remote areas in Vermont. Along the Long Trail, volunteers adopt properties that the club has protected, either […]
A Day in the Life of a Barnes Camp Volunteer
This post was written by Cindy Griffith, GMC Barnes Camp Volunteer Coordinator. The Green Mountain Club partners with Smugglers’ Notch State Park, Stowe Mountain Resort, and Lamoille County Planning Commission to manage, maintain, and operate the historic Barnes Camp Visitor Center as a gateway to Smugglers’ Notch, Mount Mansfield State Forest, and the Long Trail. We couldn’t do […]
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