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Maintaining & Protecting Vermont's Long Trail Since 1910

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Outdoor Business Coalition

The Outdoor Business Coalition is a group of Vermont retailers that support the work of GMC. Join by May 1, 2023 to become an official sponsor of Hiking Season. Your $500 donation supports free and low-cost hiker education. In turn, GMC will promote your business to our highly engaged audience of Vermont hikers and GMC Members.

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Current Members

  • The Mountain Goat, Manchester
  • Eastern Mountain Sports, South Burlington

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  • Advertising in the Long Trail News, GMC’s quarterly Vermont hiking magazine (see below)
  • Promotion on GMC’s social media channels (see below)
  • Recognition in GMC’s hiking season press release
  • Opportunity for additional GMC member event partnership

Your Business in the Long Trail News

Mailed to 6,500 GMC Member households quarterly. (Mockup, copy and layout subject to change)

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Your business featured as a sponsor of hiking season alongside GMC’s educational offerings

Social Media Promotion

GMC reaches approximately 40,000 engaged outdoor enthusiasts on our social media channels (Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn) with an average engagement rate of 13.5% across channels.

Your membership in the OBC includes participation in a social media campaign:

  • 1x inclusion in a “Round Up” carousel/slideshow highlighting all members
  • 1x inclusion in a “Round Up” story with tagged accounts and links
  • 1x standalone Feed post + Story promoting your business with the event, deal, or message of your choosing
    • Special event promotion based on partnership details

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Thank you for supporting the Green Mountain Club and sponsoring everyone’s favorite season, Hiking Season!

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Big News for Strategic Conservation of the Long Trail System

May 1, 2025

This article appears in the 2025 Spring Long Trail News and was written by GMC Director of Conservation Mollie Flanigan. In previous editions I've described the process of developing the Green Mountain Club Strategic Conservation Plan that outlines our road map to permanently protecting the Long … Read more

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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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