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Press Releases

Contact: Chloe Miller, Communications Manager
[email protected]; (802) 241-8324

  • Thursday, April 10, 2025: All-New Long Trail Guide is published to help hikers make the most of Vermont’s Trails
  • Wednesday, April 2, 2025: Protect the Trails During Vermont’s Spring Mud Season
  • Tuesday, October 8, 2024: Burrows Trail Project Complete: Green Mountain Club Completes Overhaul of Historic Camel’s Hump Hiking Trail
  • Tuesday, July 23, 2024: Join the Hiking Community for Long Trail Day 2024
  • Tuesday, May 22, 2024: Memorial Day Weekend Kicks Off Vermont’s Hiking Season
  • Monday, April 1, 2024: Warm Winter Brings Early and Varied Mud Season Conditions to Vermont Trails
  • Tuesday, February 27, 2024: Vermont Recreation Organization Cautions Eclipse Chasers to Avoid the Mountains on Eclipse Day
  • Friday, October 27, 2023: Green Mountain Club partners with Darn Tough Vermont to protect and maintain hiking trails statewide
  • June 15, 2023: Green Mountain Club Invites the Hiking Public to Join Long Trail Day Community Fundraiser 
  • December 15, 2022: Conservation Partners Secure Further Protection of the Long Trail and Surrounding Corridor
  • July 7, 2022: Green Mountain Club Raises $4 Million to Protect the Long Trail System
  • May 3, 2022: Green Mountain Club and FPR to Invest $460,000 to Rebuild the Popular Burrows Trail on Camel’s Hump

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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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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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