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Bread Loaf Section News and Outings 

Bread  Loaf Section 50th Annual Meeting
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On Sunday evening February 2, 2025, our Section will celebrate a 50th annual meeting in Middlebury. In addition to updates from the  leadership team and representatives from GMC headquarters, we are pleased to announce Will Amidon, professor of geology at Middlebury College will be our guest speaker. Bring your questions for Will, and a bring friend! More.  

Recent news

Middlebury College has donated a right-of-way to the GMC to permanently protect the Long Trail where it crosses over the college's land in and around the Middlebury Snowbowl. Read more about this gracious gift in our Winter 2024-2025 newsletter

The Bread Loaf Section is excited to have hosted our 2024 fall program in October of 2024. Chapter president Beth Eliason and Tim Upton shared highlights and photos from their "Pack Rafting" the Gates of the Arctic National Park trip completed in July of this year. 

Lying north of the Arctic Circle in Alaska, Gates of the Arctic is situated in the central Brooks Range—the northernmost extension of the Rocky Mountains. It is the second-largest and least-visited national park in the United States; containing over 7 million acres of untouched wilderness with no roads or trails. Highlights of the trip included rafting the Alatna and Noatak Rivers and backpacking over the Continental Divide. All are welcome at GMC Bread Loaf Section events. 


 To see all  our upcoming activities, including 2024 trail work volunteer opportunities, please visit our Calendar!

Winter 2024-2025 Newsletter (PDF)

Please check our calendar for the latest activities!

Read the full newsletter here. (PDF) 

News from GMC & our trail partners

Vermont Dept. of Forests, Parks & Recreation (FPR) news can be used to reserve a campsite as well as provide a rich set of resources and information.

Long Trail Day was September 21st. We raised over $1,400. THANK YOU!

Long Trail Day is the GMC's largest fundraising event and is critical to supporting the trails, and the largely volunteer organization.  Please consider joining a hike and donating to the cause. 

There were 4 separate Bread Loaf Section hikes as well as our get together at Drop in Brewing after the hiking was all done. Look at the calendar for the details.

Ivor Hughes, a well-known hike leader from Monkton, has generously provided the Bread Loaf Section with a dozen of his highly entertaining and educational "movies," documenting his recent backpacking trips with friends. 

Watch virtually anytime & from anywhere!
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Locations include:

North America: Chilkoot Trail (Alaska to the Yukon), Dark Canyon (Utah), Grand Tetons (Wyoming), Grand Canyon's North Rim (Arizona), Capitol Reef (Utah), Indian Peaks Wilderness(Colorado).  Other Continents: The Dolomites, Tour du Mt. Blanc, Patagonia,  Antarctica.

Find back issues of Long Trail News (GMC's quarterly magazine for members).

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