Green Mountain Club

Section Membership

Sections are a great way to connect with other GMC members and outdoor enthusiasts.

The Green Mountain Club has 14 regionally-based chapters that maintain specific areas of the Long Trail and its side trails, the Appalachian Trail in Vermont, and Northeast Kingdom Trails. Sections and their members and volunteers are an integral part of the work the Green Mountain Club does to maintain and protect the Long Trail System.

Benefits of joining a section:

  • Connect with other Club members in your region
  • Enjoy year-round opportunities to recreate locally with adventure-minded folks
  • Learn about trail maintenance and work with your Section to upkeep trails in your area
  • Receive newsletters and an outing schedule from your Section

You do not have to be a member of a section in order to attend its outings. Check out the outings calendar to learn more about section events and group hikes.

Contact us to join or switch section affiliations at any time.

Volunteer with Your Section

If you’d like to volunteer with your section, check out these resources:

Or, contact your section. Websites and emails are listed below:

Green Mountain Club Sections

Bennington Section

Brattleboro Section

Bread Loaf Section

Burlington Section

Connecticut Section

  • Location: Central Connecticut area
  • Maintenance: Long Trail: Glastenbury Mountain to Stratton-Arlington Rd.
  • More information: conngmc.com
  • Contact: [email protected]

Killington Section

Laraway Section

Manchester Section

Montpelier Section

  • Location: Montpelier area
  • Maintenance: Long Trail: Camel’s Hump to Winooski River Footbridge and Smugglers’ Notch to Chilcoot Pass
  • More information: gmcmontpelier.org
  • Contact: [email protected]

Northeast Kingdom Section

  • Location: Lyndonville area
  • Maintenance: Trails on Bald, Hor, Moose, Burke, Haystack, Middle, and Wheeler Mountains, Gnome Stairs and Unknown Pond trails, and GMC’s Wheeler Pond Camps
  • More information: nekgmc.org
  • Contact: [email protected]

Northern Frontier Section

Sterling Section

Upper Valley Ottauquechee Section

Worcester Section

  • Location: Worcester, MA, area
  • Maintenance: Long Trail: Stratton-Arlington Rd. to Winhall River, and Cedar Meadow Pond Camp
  • More information: gmcwoo.org
  • Contact: [email protected]

GMC Section Trail Maintenance

Both volunteers and paid trail crews maintain GMC trails. While pros handle big projects like building bridges, shelters, or new trails, volunteers perform seasonal maintenance such as cleaning the trail before and after winter, clearing felled trees, trimming overgrowth vegetation, painting blazes and signs, and improving drainage. Volunteers also inspect shelters and tent sites, make minor repairs, report major problems, clean fire rings, and remove trash.

Volunteer responsibilities are assigned to our fourteen sections (shown in yellow on the map below) and individual adopters (shown in orange). Every section hosts trail maintenance outings each spring and fall, and often have work parties during the hiking season as well, depending on whether they have other projects planned for the year.

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Mission

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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