Green Mountain Club

Side to Side

Hiking the Long Trail Side-to-Side

Can’t get enough of the Green Mountains? Try completing the Long Trail’s blue-blazed side trails!

  • Number of side trails in the Green Mountains: 84
  • Total mileage: 163.8
  • Certification requirements: Complete the online application or mail your journal to GMC
  • Certification perks: rocker patch, award certificate, and knowing you are among the few and the proud who’ve hiked them all!
  • Applicants who send in materials by February 1st will be listed in the summer edition of the Long Trail News.

 

Inform

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 is a non-profit with more than 10,000 members and reliant on more than 1,000 volunteers annually.

According to the first Long Trail Guide in 1917, "The Green Mountain Club was organized in 1910 for the purpose of bringing the mountains closer to the life of the people, not only of Vermont, but of the entire country. It is building the Long Trail over the Green Mountains from Massachusetts to Canada, affording a high, scenic, mountain pathway where everyone may enjoy health and recreation at a reasonable expense. Read more...

4711 Waterbury-Stowe Road
Waterbury Center, Vermont 05677
802.244.7037 | 802.244.5867 fax | Email GMC
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