Trip Reports Sun Jun 09 2024 Hike in Groton State Forest by Missy Ethridge The hike was canceled. The weather forecast has rain all day. Hike in Groton State Forest Hike. Groton State Forest. Easy/Moderate. 3.8 miles. Hike to Owl’s Head Mountain in Groton State Forest. Nice hike to a beautiful view. There are a…
Trip Reports Sun May 26 2024 Wildflower hike in Groton by Steve Bailey Annual wildflower hike in Groton – we walked from New Discovery State Park to Big Deer and past Osmore Pond and back. As usual, we counted lady’s slippers in pink and white. This year they were less plentiful, probably due to the…
Trip Reports Tue May 21 2024 Work Hike – Barnes Camp by Heidi Kunkel Trail Maintenance: LTN out of Barnes Camp to Wooden Staircase. Work Completed: Ditching water bars, brushing in, removing 2 old puncheons, 6 blowdowns removed, redirecting waterflow away from wooden staircase and bridge, cleaned moss and leaves off wooden staircase. (Photo by…
Trip Reports Saturday May 11 2024 Work Hike – Bamforth Ridge by Heidi Kunkel Trail Maintained: Bamforth Ridge Trail to Shelter. Ditching of water bars, brushing in, pruning overgrowth, impeding branches and 1 blowdown removed. The announcement: Duxbury. Work Hike on Bamforth Ridge LT. TRAIL WORK DAY on the Bamforth Ridge Trail. Meet at Duxbury…
Trip Reports Sun Apr 28 2024 Chickering Bog Hike by Phyllis Rubenstein The rain stopped just before 9:30 a.m., as five of us headed out on the trail to Chickering Bog, which is actually a fen, as it is fed by groundwater. (A bog is fed by precipitation only). Shortly after starting the trail, we…
Trip Reports Sat Apr 20 2024 Walk in East Montpelier by Missy Ethridge Only one other person joined me for this hike so we opted to just hike on the North Branch trail off Sparrow Farm Road. The day started out cloudy and the first part of the trail had some muddy spots but once…
Trip Reports Sat Sat Apr 14 2024 Hike Honey Hollow Loop. West of Waterbury by Phyllis Rubenstein Cancelled. Will be re-scheduled. Hike West of Waterbury. Hike Honey Hollow Loop. West of Waterbury. Moderate. 6 miles. 3-4 hours. Hike the Honey Hollow Loop trail, which is on old woods roads and public roads, to look for…
Trip Reports Sat Apr 13 2024 Hike Middlesex – White Rock/ Hunger Mountain in CC Putnam State Forest by Scott Richardson Cancelled due to muddy conditions. Hike in Middlesex. Hike. Middlesex – White Rock/ Hunger Mountain in CC Putnam State Forest. Moderate to Strenuous, depending on conditions. 5.75 miles, 3-4 hours. A steady ascent and…
Trip Reports Sat Sat Apr 6 2024 Walk in Middlesex. Walk. Bear Swamp Road Loop by Charlene Bohl Cancelled due to snow falling the previous days. Will be re-scheduled after Mud Season. Walk in Middlesex. Bear Swamp Road Loop, Middlesex. Moderate. 6 miles. Meet at 10:00 am; park by the gazebo by Rumney School, Shady…
Trip Reports Sat Mar 23 2024 Cross Country Ski in Groton State Forest by Scott Richardson Cancelled due to a foot of snow falling that day Cross Country Ski in Groton State Forest. Cross Country Ski (dependent on conditions). New Discovery State Park in Groton State Forest. Easy to Moderate. 2-3 hours. Ski beautiful trails…
Trip Reports Sun Mar 17 2024 Sodom Pond Road Walk by Phyllis Rubenstein Cancelled due to rain and mudding road Road Walk in Adamant. Road Walk around Sodom Pond. Adamant. Easy. 4 miles. 1 1/2-2 hours. Walk around Sodom Pond. Bring water and snacks; binoculars if you want to view across the water. Contact leader:…
Trip Reports Sat Mar 09 2024 Spruce Mountain Hike by Steve Bailey Both the road conditions and the trail conditions were a challenge on this day, which is probably why only four people participated on this hike. Mud season was in full swing on the roads, but fortunately everyone was able to arrive at the…
Meeting GREEN MOUNTAIN CLUB, MONTPELIER SECTION Minutes of the Executive Committee January 30, 2024 The meeting was originally scheduled for January 16,2024 but was postponed to January 30, 2024, because of the weather. It was held at the home of Suzi Swanson, 28 Foster Street, Montpelier and was called to order at 6:00 pm by…
Trip Reports Wed Jan 17 2024 Slide-show presentation by Phyllis Rubenstein On a cold winter evening, over 60 people came to the T. W. Wood Gallery to hear Phyllis Rubenstein’s inspiring tale of her 2023 “flip-flop” thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail. Phyllis, whose trail name is GMG (green mountain girl), took us along with her…
Trip Reports Sun Jan 07 2024 New Years Day Hike with Forest and Parks group by Dana Lawrence, Nancy Thomas On New Years Day 2024 We led a hike up Spruce Mountain in Groton State Forest with 7 participants and two leaders Nancy Thomas and Dana Lawrence celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the establishment of…
The report has not yet been entered. Here’s the event listing: Wed Nov 8 Cohos Trail Presentation. Cohos Trail Presentation by Scott Richardson at the T. W. Wood Gallery, 46 Barre St in Montpelier, 6:00 PM. The Cohos Trail threads its way over 150 miles through eight distinct geographical regions within New Hampshire’s largest and…
The report has not yet been entered. Here’s the event listing: Sat Nov 4 Duxbury. Postponed from Oct 21. Fall work hike on the Long Trail South from the River Road in Duxbury. The leaves have fallen and it’s time for our annual trail maintenance day on Bamforth Ridge. Come join us to give back…
The report has not yet been entered. Here’s the event listing: Sat Oct 28 Smugglers Notch. Fall work hike on the Long Trail North from Route 108 in Stowe. The leaves have fallen and it’s time for our annual trail maintenance day in Smugglers Notch. Come join us to give back to the trails we…
Trip Reports Sun Oct 15 2023 Millstone Quarry Hike by Steve and Heather Bailey The interest in this hike was overwhelming – we had 18 hikers and had to turn away eight more people as we didn’t want the group to be too large. The foliage in Montpelier was not very colorful, but the aspens…
Trip Reports Sat Sept 09 2023 Worcester Mountain-early fall hike by Dana Lawrence, Nancy Thomas On Saturday, September 9, 2023, three hikers from the Montpelier Section set off up Worcester Mountain under cloudy skies. On the heels of a very wet summer, the trail was muddy and clearly suffered negative impacts from earlier flooding events….
Trip Reports Sun Aug 20 2023 Hike – Owl’s Head Mountain by Scott Richardson Cancelled — no one contacted the leader. The web site entry did not include contact information. Hike – Owl’s Head Mountain. 9am, August 20,2023 Sunday – Hike – Owl’s Head via the Telephone Line and Owl’s Head Trails. Moderate 4.1 miles…
Trip Reports Sun Jul 09 2023 Bike Ride, Adamant by Nancy Schulz Cancelled due to rain Bike Ride, Adamant. July 9, Sunday: Approx 11 miles round trip. We’ll bike from East Montpelier to the Quarry Works Theater to see the matinee of “Call Me Madam.” We’ll stop at the Adamant Coop and then have lunch…
Trip Reports Sun Jul 02 2023 Bike Ride and Theater – Plainfield by Nancy Schulz Cancelled due to rain Bike Ride and Theater – Plainfield. Approx. 20 miles round trip. We’ll bike from Montpelier to the Haybarn Theater on the campus of Goddard College to see the matinee of the new play “Act 39.” Arriving…
Trip Reports Sat Jul 01 2023 July 1 Ellis-Bruce Trail Calais by Cynthia Martin & George Longenecker There is something to be said for town trails, those local places that meander through fern-filled woods that were once farm meadows. On a day when hazy smoke enveloped the horizon, ten of us hiked the Town of…
