Trip Reports Sat Jun 24 2023 Warren Falls abd Blueberry Lake trail system by Steve and Heather Bailey, Warrren. CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER – 4 miles. 450′ elevation gain. A brief stop to admire scenic Warren Falls, followed by a hike on the Blueberry Lake trail system. This is a network of easy mountain biking…
Trip Reports Wed Jun 14 2023 Greenn River Reservoir paddle by Steve and Heather Bailey The forecast had been for rain in the days leading up to the trip, but fortunately it cleared up and stayed clear the whole time we were on the water. The seven of us had the lake to ourselves when…
Trip Reports Mon May 29 2023 Flowers and Black Flies by Cynthia Martin & George Longenecker We could have been counting black flies, but instead we counted lady’s slippers in shades of pink and white—at least 150 blossoms. We also saw Canada mayflower, Clintonia borealis, painted trillium, star flower and cucumber root. 17 people, including…
Trip Reports Sat May 20 2023 Smugglers’ Notch Work Hike by Heidi Kunkel Report not yet submitted. Stowe. TRAIL WORK DAY on the LTN out of Smugglers’ Notch, Stowe. Meet at Barnes Camp at 9:00 AM after parking in the lot across the road. Bring water, snacks, and work gloves. Dress for hiking and getting…
Trip Reports Sat May 13 2023 Bamforth Ridge Work Hike by Morgan Irons Four Section members turned out on a beautiful Saturday, cool and breezy enough to keep the black flies at bay. Since adopters had taken care of the trail from the Window to the shelter the week before, Saturday’s crew only needed to…
Trip Reports Sat Apr 22 2023 Spring hike uo Irish Hill Berlin by Dana Lawrence, Nancy Thomas On a cool and breezy Saturday a congenial group of 11 set forth up the wandering woods roads of Irish Hill to shake the post winter kinks out of their legs. The group was diverse in age with…
Trip Reports Sat Mar 25 2023 Spruce Mountain Hike by Steve and Heather Bailey Five hikers arrived at the Spruce Mountain trailhead to find the parking lot was a sheet of ice. We had to put on our spikes just to get to the tailgate and unload our gear from the car. The rest of…
Trip Reports Sat Mar 18 2023 White Rock snowshoe by Steve and Heather Bailey There was a lot of fresh snow on the trail as six hikers set off to climb White Rock Mt from the Middlesex trailhead. Fortunately the first part of the trail had been packed somewhat, but only to the junction of…
Trip Reports Thu Mar 16 2023 Cross Vermont Trail by Charlene Bohl The hike was csncelled. Montpelier. Walk/Hike. Easy/Moderate. Meet at Hunger Mountain Coop at 9:30 am and walk the bike path/Cross Vermont Trail to the bridge near Route 2, and return. 6-7 miles. Contact leader Charlene Bohl, 802-522-2263, or charlenebohl@comcast.net.
Trip Reports Sun Mar 12 2023 XC Ski to Little Elmore Pond by Steve and Heather Bailey Five skiers made the three mile trip to Little Elmore Pond, starting from the trailhead on Route 12 five miles south of Elmore Village. It was cold (15 degrees) overnight, but the sunny day reached over 40 by…
Trip Reports Sun Mar 05 2023 Ole/s Nordic Ski Touring Center by Phyllis Rubenstein On Sunday, March 5, 2022, 5 of us skied at Ole’s Nordic Center in Warren.(The location was changed when I learned that 600 kids and their parents would be at Craftsbury Outdoor Center for a BKL Race). After starting together, two…
Trip Reports Saturday March 04 2023 Snowshoe hike up Paine Mountain, Northfield, VT by Dana Lawrence After waiting for what seemed to be months for conditions to require the use of snowshoes, the evening prior to our outing provided us with a heavy 14 inches of snow and required us to our departure to allow…
Trip Reports Sat Feb 25 2023 Hardwood Flats Ski with otters by Steve and Heather Bailey Five intrepid skiers braved the single digit temperatures at Hardwood Flats in Elmore. We started out on the groomed trails, and then took a side trip, breaking a fresh trail to Little Pond, where we have often seen otters….
Trip Reports Tue Feb 21 2023 Birthday Outing by George Longenecker & Cynthia Martin Seven of us along with two dogs walked from New Discovery State Park to Osmore Pond in Peacham on George’s 77th birthday. Snow conditions were too poor for our planned ski, but we still had an enjoyable picnic. It will be…
Trip Reports Sat Feb 18 2023 Laraway Hike by Morgan Irons Six hikers started from the Coding Hollow trailhead in Waterville and ascended the Long Trail north for two miles to the Laraway Mountain overlook of the Lamoille River Valley. We stopped on the way at the high ledges for photo ops and to admire…
Trip Reports Sat Feb 11 2023 Bolton Valley Nordic Center Cross country ski by Dana Lawrence Cancelled. The conditions were terrible. The Bolton Nordic center offers a wide variety of cross country and back country ski terrain and trails. Depending on snow conditions on that date, outing may include a combination of some uphill and…
Trip Reports Sun Feb 05 2023 Sun Feb 5, 2023 Osmore Pond Snowshoe by Missy Ethridge by Missy Ethridge There were five of us that met at New Discovery State Park. The conditions were great until we came upon a major blowdown and had to bushwack around it. Since I had prehiked this earlier, I…
Trip Reports Sun Feb 05 2023 Snowshoe hike to Taylor Lodge by Steve and Heather Bailey Eleven hikers set off for Taylor Lodge. We had originally scheduled this hike for the day before, but with high winds and temperatures below zero, we decided a day later would be better. We were met with light winds…
Trip Reports Sun Jan 22 2023 Peacham Bog Back Country Ski by Phyllis Rubenstein On Sunday, January 23, 2023, two of us skied to and on Peacham Bog! What an adventure on a lovely winter day! We started breaking trail on the woods road off of Greenbay Loop, until the road intersected with a VAST…
Trip Reports Sat Jan 21 2023 Mount Worcester hike by Steve and Heather Bailey It had snowed about six inches overnight, and the snow was soft and fluffy for the nine intrepid snowshoers who ascended Mt Worcester. The trail started off easy and then became quite steep at the top. It was a great moment…
Trip Reports Sat Jan 14 2023 Beaver Meadow Lodge Trail outing by Dana Lawrence and Nancy Thomas Beaver Meadow Lodge Hike GMC Montpelier Section Outing Saturday, January 14, 2023 Despite a season that has offered a remarkable number of winter variations of rain and ice, our plucky crew of 7 set forth last Saturday from…
Trip Reports Sun Dec 11 2022 Smugglers Notch Road Walk by Phyllis Rubenstein On a chilly overcast day, 6 of us hiked almost 7 miles along Smugglers Notch Road from the barrier at Barnes Camp in Stowe to the barrier before Smugglers Notch Resort in Cambridge. As expected, it was quite windy in the notch,…
Trip Reports Sat Dec 03 2022 Horn of the Moon walk by Missy Ethridge As Saturday’s weather didn’t look too promising, this walk was rescheduled to Sunday. So four of us started our walk on Sparrow Farm Road but it was overcast and quite windy and cold. So when we came upon the Sparrow Farm…
Trip Reports Sun Nov 20 2022 Hike Around Berlin Pond by Phyllis Rubenstein Moderate Pace. 9.4 miles. 500 feet +/- elevation gain. Berlin Pond. We will circle around part-way around Berlin Pond, go further south on a woods road and loop back to Berlin Pond, passing an old cemetery on the loop extension. The hike…
