GMC News

Hikers and backpackers should be advised that Taft Lodge, on Mount Mansfield, will be closed for repairs beginning September 8. GMC technicians will be replacing rotting sill logs on the 105-year-old structure, the oldest, largest, and second-highest overnight site on the Long Trail.   There is no tenting or hammocking permitted outside Taft Lodge or anywhere above 2,500’, which includes much of the Mount…

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Friday, August 28: Work has concluded at the Stevensville Trailhead and it is now open to day and overnight use. Hikers should be advised that the Stevensville Trailhead Parking Lot in Underhill will be closed Tuesday, August 25 – Friday, August 28 for a culvert replacement. The parking lot offers direct access to the Nebraska…

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GMC crews have completed installing a new bridge just north of Peru Peak Shelter.

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Hikers should be advised that as of 5/19/26, the bridge over Homer Stone Brook on the Long Trail/Appalachian Trail just north of Little Rock Pond will be removed/closed and hikers should ford the stream using a rock hop just to the right/east of the existing bridge site. GMC crews will be replacing the bridge, which…

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A temporary reroute is in place for LT through farm fields between the Winooski Footbridge and Honey Hollow Road/Preston Brook, to avoid electric fencing issues. Please use Duxbury Road (open to pedestrians and one lane of vehicle traffic) from the Winooski Footbridge to roughly Honey Hollow Road/Preston Brook crossing. (0.7 mi total). Northbound hikers: Just before Preston Brook, turn left to take…

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Parking on the side of the road is not permitted on Camel’s Hump Road in Huntington. Please consider carpooling or visiting on off-peak days. If parking lots are full please turn around and find an alternative nearby hike. Beginning summer 2025, the town of Huntington plans to install new no-parking signs along Camel’s Hump Road…

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