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Spring Walkthroughs & Trail Maintenance Days

April 22, 2016 by GMC Staff Leave a Comment

Killington_Charles HelferEach 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 of use.

Sections are always in need of volunteers to help with this work, so check out the list of the section’s scheduled spring workdays to join in on the fun!

Burlington
Saturday, May 21, May 28, & June 4 (National Trails Day) meet at UVM Visitor’s Lot at 8:00am or Richmond Park & Ride at 8:30am
Contact/RSVP: Pam Gillis, (802) 879-1479

Sterling
Saturday, May 21 (Rain date: Sunday, May 22), meet at Beaver Meadow parking lot at 9:00am; stay until mid/late afternoon
Contact/RSVP: Tony Smith, (802)888-4645

Montpelier
Saturday, May 14: meet at MHS at 8:00am; trip will run from approximately 8:00am-2:30pm
Smugglers’ Notch on the LT/Elephant’s Head, Sterling Pond Trails
Contact: Andrew Nuquist, (802) 223-3550 or [email protected]

Ottauquechee
Saturday, May 21allisonhenry_killington: Between Cloudland Road and the Connecticut River
Contact/RSVP: Bob Hagen, (802) 785-4311

Sunday, May 29: Norwich
Contact: Dave Hardy, [email protected]

Killington
Saturday, May 21: 9:00am
Route 140 to Upper Cold River Road, Wallingford/Shrewsbury
Contact: Herb Ogden, (802) 293-2510

Manchester
Saturday, May 21: 8:00am-5:00pm
LT from Griffith Lake to Mad Tom Notch
Contact/RSVP: Dave Ratti, (802) 366-0698

Worcester
Saturday, May 21-Sunday May 22
Kelly Stand Road north to Winhall River
Contact: Steve Crowe, [email protected]

Bread Loaf
Saturday, June 4. Meet at Ripton Community House (Rain date: Sunday, June 5)
Contact/RSVP: David Morrissey, Bread Loaf Trail Manager, (802) 352-1060 or dfmo[email protected]

Northeast Kingdom
Friday June 10
Bald Mountain Trail, Westmore
Contact: Dave Hardy, [email protected]

 

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Ask a Science Teacher: Why is the Long Trail so Muddy?

March 27, 2023

Vermont — and especially the Long Trail — is known for being sort of muddy. We even have an official fifth season, "mud season." Why is Vermont (sometimes known as "Vermud") and the Long Trail so muddy? Why is the Long Trail so muddy? To answer, we asked Joe Bahr, newly minted author of the … 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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