What we’re about
Welcome to the Green Mountain Club Burlington Section Outdoors Adventures Meetup Group. This group is sponsored and managed by the Burlington Section of the GMC. You don't have to be a GMC member to join this group or go on any GMC outing! All are welcome. And all GMC members are welcome to lead trips.
The GMC makes every effort to keep all on our trips happy and safe. Our leaders are enthusiastic volunteers but are not professional guides. Every person participating should be aware of the inherent risks in outdoor activities and of their own capabilities. All are responsible for their own safety. Minors must be accompanied by parents on these trips. GMC Membership:
Some of our trip leaders don't like to use meetup, so go to our gmcburlington.org website events tab to see a more complete list of our trips.
Some outings listed here may give a meeting time and place. But others may require you to check with the trip leader first. This is so the leader can make sure you are prepared for the outing, and so the leader can manage the number of participants.
Become a trip leader! There is no formal training and the only requirement is that you are a GMC member. Most learn by watching others and you can volunteer to co-lead hikes if you are not ready to fly solo. Most of us learn by observing and doing. We have an excellent trip leaders guide that can help. Contact meetup group manager David Hathaway (david.hathaway.78@gmail.com) if you'd like to become a trip leader, or to become a meetup event organizer (to post trips here).
Please see the membership tab at greenmountainclub.org for more about joining the GMC. The mission of the Green Mountain Club is to make the Vermont mountains play a larger part in the life of the people by protecting and maintaining the Long Trail System and fostering, through education, the stewardship of Vermont’s hiking trails and mountains. Joining is a way of showing your support for the important stewardship role the GMC has. In 1971, the Vermont Legislature passed a resolution, recognizing the Club as “the founder, sponsor, defender, and protector” of the Long Trail System and delegating to it responsibility for developing policies and programs for “the preservation, maintenance, and proper use of hiking trails for the benefit of the people of Vermont.” By joining the GMC, you are joining the preservation of hiking in Vermont.
Upcoming events
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First Day on Owl's Head
New Discovery State Park, VT-232 Groton VT., Groton, VT, USYOU NEED TO EMAIL ME TO JOIN THIS HIKE OTHERWISE YOU WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE PUT ONTO THE WAITLIST
Please go into your Meetup settings and ensure you have email notifications enabled so you receive my communications: https://www.wasatchmountainclub.org/meetup-notifications
Ring in the New Year on Owls Head in Groton State Park. Offered in partnership with the Vermont State Parks. We will park in the multi-use connector trail lot off Route 232 past the New Discovery State Park. Please attempt to carpool if possible. Carpooling will be available from the Richmond Park and Ride lot, departing at 11:15 AM. Starting at 12:30 PM, we will hike up Owl’s Head Trail to the top and hopefully get a nice view of Kettle Lake from the stubby fire tower. We will then try to meet up with a group led by a Vermont State Parks recreation specialist at the shelter atop the access road, where there will be hot chocolate, a fire, and marshmallows! We will head back down the way we came after meeting with the Vermont State Park group.
Spikes are required, and if we are blessed with snow, snowshoes may be required. Please leave your doggo at home.
Easy to moderate hike, relaxed to moderate pace. 5.0 miles, 800’ elevation gain. Group limit 10, contact leader by 12/29. Trip leader: Michael Mortelliti michaeljmortelliti@gmail.com 413-884-5932.6 attendees
Sea Caves at Arthur Park and Rock Point Park Loop - Day 1
BHS Baseball Field, Institute Road, Burlington, VT, USWe will meet in the parking lot by the Burlington High School baseball field at 10 AM and head over to Arthur Park to view the sea caves. The water has to be frozen to view the sea caves and go up close. We will then head over to Rock Point Park and do a ~2.5-mile loop using the Marsh Beach trail, Lone Rock Point trail, and Sunset Ridge trail. We will close the loop using the universal access trail after visiting the outdoor chapel.
Yaktrax or microspikes are required. Please leave your pup at home.
Easy Walk, relaxed pace. ~3 miles, 200’ elevation gain. Group limit 10, contact leader by 1/07. Trip leader: Michael Mortelliti michaeljmortelliti@gmail.com 413-884-5932.10 attendeesSea Caves at Arthur Park and Rock Point Park Loop - Day 2
BHS Baseball Field, Institute Road, Burlington, VT, USWe will meet in the parking lot by the Burlington High School baseball field at 10 AM and head over to Arthur Park to view the sea caves. The water has to be frozen to view the sea caves and go up close. We will then head over to Rock Point Park and do a ~2.5-mile loop using the Marsh Beach trail, Lone Rock Point trail, and Sunset Ridge trail. We will close the loop using the universal access trail after visiting the outdoor chapel.
Yaktrax or microspikes are required. Please leave your pup at home.
Easy Walk, relaxed pace. ~3 miles, 200’ elevation gain. Group limit 10, contact leader by 1/07. Trip leader: Michael Mortelliti michaeljmortelliti@gmail.com 413-884-5932.9 attendees
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