Category: News
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Press Release: All-new Long Trail Guide is released to help hikers make the most of Vermont’s trails
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 10, 2025 CONTACT: Chloe Miller, Communications Manager at Green Mountain Club, , 907-632-7405 All-new Long Trail Guide is released to help hikers make the most of Vermont’s trails The Green Mountain Club’s comprehensive guidebook is your companion for enjoying nearly 500 miles of hiking trails Waterbury Center, VT — The 29th…
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Goodbye Pit Privies! The Conversion to Composters Is Complete
For the final project of the 2024 field season, GMC field staff installed a new moldering privy at Wintturi shelter on the Appalachian Trail in Bridgewater, Vermont. A new moldering privy is always an accomplishment, but this build actually marked the last privy conversion in Vermont, a long-awaited GMC milestone. Crews have converted 18 unsustainable,…
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Strategic Conservation Plan Adopted for Long Trail System Protection
This article appears in the 2024 Fall Long Trail News and was written by Mollie Flanigan, GMC’s Director of Land Conservation. Thirty-seven years ago the Green Mountain Club undertook a monumental task – to protect the Long Trail by conserving the land around it, thus ensuring a permanent route and a protected scenic landscape. Much…
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Building the New Forest City Trail Bridge
This article appears in the 2024 Fall Long Trail News under the title, “Building Bridges: New Forest City Trail Bridge Open to Hikers.” Introduction written by Communications Manager Chloe Miller with photos and captions by Communications Coordinator Lily LaRegina. This season, GMC’s backcountry carpenters, Andrew Muller and Dylan Norris, led by Justin Towers, built a…
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Middlebury College Grants Trail Right-of-Way to Green Mountain Club
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 29, 2024 Media Contacts: Chloe Miller, Green Mountain Club Communication Manager, , (907) 632-7405 Jon Reidel, Middlebury College Director of Media Relations, , 802-443-4208 Middlebury College Grants Trail Right-of-Way to Green Mountain Club 1.5 miles of Long Trail permanently protected WATERBURY, VT – Middlebury College has donated a trail right-of-way…
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Burrows Trail Project Complete: Green Mountain Club Completes Overhaul of Historic Camel’s Hump Hiking Trail
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT: Chloe Miller, Communications Manager at Green Mountain Club, , 907-632-7405 Kathryn Wrigley, Outdoor Recreation Specialist IV, Vermont FPR, , 802-871-0535 GREEN MOUNTAIN CLUB COMPLETES OVERHAUL OF HISTORIC CAMEL’S HUMP HIKING TRAIL $700,000, three-year investment improves trail durability and longevity, hiker experience, and climate resiliency. Huntington, Vermont – After 70 weeks of…
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Investing in Training for Skilled Trail Volunteers
This article appears in the 2024 Fall Long Trail News and was written by GMC’s Education and Volunteer Coordinator Lorne Currier. Volunteerism is a long-established essential part of operations in the Green Mountain Club, particularly trail maintenance. Every mile of trail, every shelter, privy, white blaze or waterbar has either an individual or a group…
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Backcountry Construction Boom Wraps in 2023
This year marks the completion of a three-year backcountry construction boom at the Green Mountain Club. Paid crews and volunteers finished five new shelters, more than in any year since 1963. The average shelter has lasted about 30 years before wear, tear and damage made it inhabitable. But with better designs and standards we are…
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How to Read a Vermont Mountain Weather Forecast for Better Hike Preparation
Earlier this hiking season, Vermont State Parks partnered with the National Weather Service’s Burlington office to raise awareness of the detailed recreation and mountain point forecasts the agency produces daily. Meteorologist Seth Kutikoff breaks down how to read a mountain forecast, and how to apply its findings to your next hike! The National Weather Service…
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Decentering Whiteness in Hiking and Fostering Inclusivity Outdoors
This article previously appeared in the Winter 2022 Long Trail News, under the headline “Decentering Whiteness in Hiking,” and was written by Mardi Fuller. Join Mardi on Wednesday, February 22, on Zoom for an installment of the 2023 Outdoor Adventure Speaker Series: “Race, Identity, and Rime Ice: Hiking the New Hampshire 48 in Winter.” You’ll…