Green Mountain Club’s 24th Annual

Winter Trails Day

Saturday, March 7, 2020 – 8:30 am – 4:00 pm

At the Green Mountain Club Visitor Center, Waterbury Center, VT

Try out winter hiking with experienced GMC leaders and join our community for a fun-filled day at the Green Mountain Club’s Visitor Center in Waterbury Center. There will be guided group hikes around the northern Green Mountains, winter skills workshops, children’s activities, and a campfire all day with s’mores. After the hikers return, enjoy the après party and the raffle!

On-Site Schedule

Registration begins at 8:30AM
Winter Preparedness Workshop, 9:30AM – 10:30AM
Animal Tracking Workshop, 10:45AM – 12:00 PM
Children’s Obstacle Race, 2:00PM – 2:30 PM
Animal Tracking Workshop, 1:45PM – 3:00PM
Sign-up for Trivia, 9:00AM – 5:00PM
GMC Archives Display, 9:00AM – 5:00PM
Campfire & Smores, All-Day!
Sledding Hill, All-Day!
Children’s Crafts, All-Day!

*schedule subject to change*

Guided Group Hikes

Camel’s Hump, 8:30AM – 3:00PM, most difficult
Buchanan Shelter, 8:45AM – 1:30PM, moderate/difficult
Beaver Meadow Lodge, 9:00AM – 2:00PM, moderate
Taft Lodge, 9:30AM – 3:00PM, difficult
Short Trail, 9:45AM – 2:30PM, easy
Duxbury Window, 10:00AM – 2:00PM, moderate/difficult
Mount Hunger, 10:30AM – 3:00PM, difficult
Taylor Lodge, 11:00AM – 3:00PM, moderate
Wiessner Woods, 11:45AM – 1:25PM, easy
Barnes Camp Loop, 12:30PM – 2:45PM, moderate
Sterling Falls Gorge, 1:00PM – 3:00PM, easy
Short Trail, 12:45PM – 1:45PM, easy
Bingham Falls, 1:00PM – 3:00PM, easy

*schedule subject to change*

Event Details

Winter Trails Day is an indoor/outdoor event. Please dress for the weather, avoiding cotton and instead wearing wool and synthetic layers. If you are planning to go on a hike, bring a day pack and water bottles, along with extra layers, winter hat, gloves/mittens, and appropriate boots. Bringing a change of clothes will allow you to enjoy the après party in warm, dry layers. We will have some trail snacks available to pack for your hike but please also pack a lunch and snacks.

If you have snowshoes and microspikes already, please bring them! Snowshoe demos will be available to lend to those who don’t have any.

We hope that you will enjoy your hikes/workshops and then stay for the après party. We will be raffling off some exciting prizes from GMC’s Visitor Center store and local businesses and ski areas.

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