The Three Musketeers (from left, Catherine Robbins, Hilda Kurth and Kathleen Norris) became the second, third and fourth people ever to hike the Long Trail from end to end, a feat they accomplished in ...

Will Peterson was just 26 miles from the southern terminus of Vermont’s 272-mile Long Trail when the heavens opened up. It was July 27, and Peterson, a 24-year-old medical student from Maine, was ...

The Green Mountain Club has conserved a 12-acre parcel in Johnson, Vermont, enhancing public access to the Long Trail State Forest, according to a community announcement. The Deer Camp property is now ...

WEYBRIDGE, Vt. (AP) -- A hiking trail to connect Vermont’s Long Trail and the Appalachian Trail to a 4,600-mile path to North Dakota could be coming to a farm field about midway between Lake Champlain ...

Adam Roy is the executive editor of Backpacker. He lives in Colorado’s Front Range, where he spends his free time hiking, climbing, and running his home mountains. New perk: Easily find new routes and ...

The Appalachian Trail stretches more than 2,000 miles from Maine to Georgia. It was the brainchild of an idealistic forester who drew inspiration from a mountaintop in Vermont. In the summer of 1900, ...

The Green Mountain Club and Appalachian Trail Conservancy are urging hikers to avoid the Long Trail and Appalachian Trail in Vermont as volunteers and staff assess damage to infrastructure following ...