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Your Donations Make a Difference

December 31, 2020 by Alicia DiCocco 1 Comment

Does your gift make a difference? The short answer: yes! I have been working in the field of fundraising for the better part of a decade and folks often question whether their gift makes a difference to an organization. Sure, if you were the only one donating $25 and no one else did, it might […]

Filed Under: People, Volunteers

Building Puncheon and Community on Mount Ellen: A Volunteer and Staff Work Day

October 14, 2020 by Matt Heller 3 Comments

This post was written by Matt Heller, GMC’s Media Intern. Matt is a senior in the media studies program at St. Michael’s College, minoring in environmental studies. All photos and videos in this post are his. On Monday, October 5th, Green Mountain Club staff members and volunteers spent the day near the summit of Mount […]

Filed Under: From the Field, People, Trail, Volunteers

A New Privy is Built

August 13, 2020 by GMC Staff 3 Comments

Many of you are surely wondering “Did I sense a positive shift in groundwater quality and hiker experience late last week?”. You bet you did—David Logan pit privy has been replaced with an accessible moldering privy! Field Assistant Rosalie Sharp has been hard at work putting together plans, ordering materials, and prefabricating the structure at […]

Filed Under: From the Field, Hiking, Trail, Volunteers

Keeping Up the Trail Work

July 23, 2020 by GMC Staff 1 Comment

Nigel on a Compost Run

While this field season is far different from what we had planned, we are certainly grateful to all of you who have helped us through this difficult time by volunteering or donating so that we can continue our work to maintain and protect the 500 miles of the Long Trail System in Vermont. We are […]

Filed Under: From the Field, News, Trail, Volunteers

A Note of Gratitude for GMC Sections’ Work

May 28, 2020 by Guest Author 1 Comment

GMC Section Presidents recently received this note of gratitude from Tim Ashe, Vermont State Senator and President Pro Tempore of the Senate. Volunteer work on the trail often goes unnoticed so we loved hearing such positive feedback and wanted to share it with you here. Each day during this current crisis I’ve been taking a […]

Filed Under: Hiking, People, Volunteers

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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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