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Service Learning & Group Outings

Tufts Wilderness Orientation in the Breadloaf  Wilderness

Do you have a group of friends, coworkers, or students who want to volunteer their time and give back to the Long Trail?

The Green Mountain Club Service Learning program works with businesses, summer camps, scout troops, college orientation programs, and many other organized groups to complete construction and maintenance projects on the Long Trail. Volunteering for the Green Mountain Club through a Group Service trip is a great way to give back to the Long Trail while also engaging the community of your office, scout troop, or school in a healthy, productive, and generous way.

The Green Mountain Club Service Learning program will work with you to identify trail projects that are a good fit for your group and that will accomplish mutual goals of improving the Long Trail while having fun in the woods. If you have a specific project you’d like to work on, please share and we’ll work together to plan and schedule.

 

Examples of 2019 partners and projects include:

Vermont Air National Guard at Bamforth Ridge
  • Williams Outdoor Orientation for Living as First Years
    Cut 1/4 mile of new trail tread for the Long Trail/Appalachian Trail re-location at Stratton Pond
  • Vermont Air National Guard
    Carried lumber 2.7 miles to Bamforth Ridge Shelter to replace tent platforms
  • Sterling College
    Removed trash and building remains from an abandoned camp on GMC-owned property

 

The Green Mountain Club will provide staff as project leadership. All tools, personal protective equipment, safety techniques, and instruction related to the trail project will be provided by the Green Mountain Club. Service Learning Groups are responsible for their own transportation to and from the trailhead/worksite, their own meals, and their own hiking/camping gear.

Williams College at Stratton Pond

Here’s what Williams College trip leader Nigel had to say about his Service Learning Trip.

“Overall, the trip was a great experience, both for its ability to bring us together as a group and for the knowledge that we gained in trail work and sustainable camping. We learned a huge amount about trail work and picked up useful skills for future trips of a similar nature. Many thanks to the staff and volunteers of the Green Mountain Club for their enthusiasm and time.”

– Nigel, 2018 Service Trip Participant, 2019 Service Trip Leader

 

If your group is interested in getting dirty, having a fun time in the woods, and giving back to the trails of Vermont, please contact Group Outreach, or call (802) 241-8329.

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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