By Merisa Sherman The fog came across the summit of the mountain in waves, wisps of clouds making their way across the sky. There had been no clouds down below, but here, sitting at the top of the mountain, the […]
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Harpoon Brewery acquires Long Trail
By Katy Savage and John McCright Mass. Bay Brewing Company, the parent company of Harpoon Brewery in Windsor, has acquired Long Trail Brewing Company, Harpoon CEO and cofounder Dan Kenary announced Friday, June 17. “As part of the agreement, we […]
Green Mountain Club offers intro to hiking online workshop
Wednesday, July 14, at 4 p.m. — VIRTUAL—Summer is here and one of the best and most enjoyable ways to tend to your well-being and the wellness of your family and friends is to get outside! Whether you’re looking to […]
Long in tooth and trail
On June 22, Celia Ryker of Bridgewater Corners will release “Walking Home: Trail Stories,” a memoir of thru-hiking Vermont’s Long Trail at age 60. “Walking Home” is “a fascinating narrative,” said Jennifer Belton, former White House Library director. The memoir […]
Man arrested for stealing Long Trail hiker’s pack
By Evan Johnson KILLINGTON— A homeless man was arrested on Monday for stealing a hiker’s backpack on the Long Trail. The pack was recovered and returned to its owner within hours, noted a few hikers who witnessed the incident. According […]
Indianapolis man dies on Long Trail
On Sept. 4 at 12:10 p.m. rescue crews and the state police were called to the Long Trail after a man had reportedly become ill and was unresponsive in the area of the Peru Peak Shelter near Griffith Lake in […]
Two teens complete the Long Trail
By Amy McClure PITTSFIELD—Two 14-year-old boys—Jackson Ziegler (Pittsfield, Vt.) and Wright Frost (Tunbridge, VT)—recently hiked the entirety of the Long Trail in just 19 days. The Long Trail stretches 272 miles, the length of Vermont, and it merges with the […]
Police and Green Mountain Club officials caution hikers about ever changing conditions
Trails above 2500 feet remain closed until Memorial Day The Vermont State Police, in cooperation with the Green Mountain Club and their agency partners, issued a warning May 6 reminding those heading out onto Vermont’s hiking trails of the ever […]
Two Truths & A Lie: Murray McGrath
He started telemarking during physical therapy He hates helmets and rarely even wears a hat skiing He’s not really Irish Burnt red shag carpets covered the floors and the walls at the Inn at Long Trail before Kyran and Rosemary […]