Before dawn on Tuesday, August 19, 2025, Tara Dower reached the southern terminus of the 272-mile Long Trail at the Vermont–Massachusetts border. She had set a new overall supported fastest known time ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

DORSET — As Aubrey Willette stood in a school assembly on Tuesday, she had no clue that all eyes would soon be on her. Soon, thousands – if not millions – of eyes from around the world could be taking ...

The Mid Vermont Christian School (Vt.) girls basketball team was scheduled to play Long Trail School (Vt.) on February 21 as part of a tournament. However, the team decided to forfeit the game rather ...

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 ...