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All Bread Loaf Section's events and outings are listed on our Calendar.
Also: Check out upcoming Green Mountain Club Events & Workshops.
All Bread Loaf Section's events and outings are listed on our Calendar.
Also: Check out upcoming Green Mountain Club Events & Workshops.
2026 Special Events
2026 Special Events
Feb. 15th: Tour de Mont Blanc
Feb. 15th: Tour de Mont Blanc
On February 15th at 6:30 p.m., we will host our Winter Speaker Program featuring Ted Scheu, who will share photos and recount his trek last September with 5 friends around Mont Blanc in the French Alps. Scheu described it after completing the trek with five friends: “It was more spectacular even than my sky-high expectations. Definitely a top-5 life adventure.”
Register on Green Mountain Club's Ticket Tailor page (free) here.
Doors open at 6:15 p.m.
CVUUS, 2 Duane Ct., Middlebury (directions).
2026 Annual Meeting
Held Sun. Feb. 1st in Middlebury
2026 Annual Meeting
Held Sun. Feb. 1st in Middlebury
The meeting was comprised of member discussions and updates. Our guest speaker was Keegan Tierney, GMC's Director of Field Programs.
Photo: Keegan Tierney, GMC's Director of Field Programs will present “Banner Year of Trail Work” at our 2026 Annual Meeting.
PAST SPECIAL EVENTS
PAST SPECIAL EVENTS
Bread Loaf Section has celebrated Long Trail Day since 2018!
Bread Loaf Section has celebrated Long Trail Day since 2018!
The Green Mountain Club's annual celebration and fundraiser for support and maintenance of The Long Trail, were both fun and a great success. Since the first Long Trail Day in August 2018 , the Bread Loaf section has set fundraising goals and formed a team (now called the Bread Loaf Loafers) to lead multiple hikes, followed by social gatherings at local pubs for refreshment and to compare trails stories.
Read more and find photos on our Long Trail Day page.
Above: Morris Earle presents "Britain by Foot."
2025 Speaker Program
2025 Speaker Program
On Sunday Nov. 9th we hosted our Fall Speaker Series Event: Britain by Foot: The Coast to Coast and West
On Sunday Nov. 9th we hosted our Fall Speaker Series Event: Britain by Foot: The Coast to Coast and West
Bread Loaf Section's Morris Earle & Lynn Luginbuhl showed pictures and told tales from their recent hikes in Britain and how the folk in the UK think about getting out for a walkabout. View photos of this well-attended event!
The Section's Taylor Series Speaker Event was March 29, 2024 in Middlebury.
The Section's Taylor Series Speaker Event was March 29, 2024 in Middlebury.
Herpetologist Jim Andrews spoke to the audience on "Selected Reptiles and Amphibians of the Central Green Mountain National Forest" where he discussed the identification, natural history, distribution, and conservation of the salamanders, frogs, snakes, and turtles that we are most likely to encounter in the Green Mountains of Central Vermont.
Herpetologist Jim Andrews spoke to the audience on "Selected Reptiles and Amphibians of the Central Green Mountain National Forest" where he discussed the identification, natural history, distribution, and conservation of the salamanders, frogs, snakes, and turtles that we are most likely to encounter in the Green Mountains of Central Vermont.
About our Taylor Series Speaker: James S. Andrews graduated from UVM with a BS in Environmental Studies and later received his master’s degree in Biology from Middlebury College. He has been working full time as a herpetologist/wildlife biologist in Vermont since 1990. He has worked closely with state, federal, and private agencies; and individuals on herptile conservation throughout Vermont.
Above: Pickerel frog (L. palustris) Photo credit: Kate Kelly.
Spring Salamander (G. porphyriticus) Photo credit: Rich Kern.
Special Fall Program:
"Living with Bears"
Special Fall Program:
"Living with Bears"
On Tuesday, October 24, 2024, Green Mountain Club’s Bread Loaf Section and the Middlebury College Environmental Studies program offered a fall program “Living with Bears,” presented by Vermont Fish and Wildlife Bear Technician Molly Byrne, who will help us better understand our ursine neighbors. Read: GMC's what to know about Vermont's wildlife.
Our Fall Speaker Program "Living with Bears" was held in Middlebury. Event photos. (R Penfield)
Long Trail Day 2023
Long Trail Day 2023
Our Section led three hikes on Sat. Aug. 19th & hosted Trail Magic on Sunday August 20th.
Our Section led three hikes on Sat. Aug. 19th & hosted Trail Magic on Sunday August 20th.
Long Trail Day is GMC's biggest annual fundraiser is Long Trail Day.
The Bread Loaf Loafers led three hikes on the original LT Day (two on the LT) on Aug 19th and will plan more hikes between now and October 7th, the culmination of this year's fundraising by GMC. Learn more.
On Aug 20th, a beautiful weather day, some sweet Trail Magic was offered at the Long Trail crossing at Appalachian Gap. Volunteers and longtime GMC Bread Loaf members Deb Steines and Bob Rogers provided hikers with water refills, brownies, watermelon and other unexpected (magic) refreshments from 10AM-3PM. Many hikers and many Gap cyclists, even several bikers stopped by to say "hi."
Trail Magic 2023 at Appalachian Gap (photos: D. Steines & B. Rogers)
Did you see us at MNFC's 2023 Green Up Festival May 6th?
Did you see us at MNFC's 2023 Green Up Festival May 6th?
Thanks to Mike Greenwood for setting up our "Meet and Greet" information table at the Middlebury Natural Foods Coop on May 6th. Thanks, MNFC, for hosting the best spring event for learning about our area's environmentally minded organizations and businesses.
David Andrews who gave our table's volunteer Mike Greenwood a short break at this year's Green Up Day Festival at the Co-op. (photo: E. Landenberger, MNFC)
Taylor Outdoor Adventure Speaker was held in person March 23, 2023
Taylor Outdoor Adventure Speaker was held in person March 23, 2023
Our featured speaker was Drew Clymer, the Department of Public Safety Search and Rescue Coordinator for the State of Vermont.
Over 40 guests were in attendance as Clymer explained the framework of search and rescue in Vermont, told stories from the field. (Event photos).
(Above) Bread Loaf's Taylor Series speaker Drew Clymer. (Photo courtesy of Stowe Mountain Rescue)
2022 Events
2022 Events
Kingsland Bay State Outings&Picnic, August 7th (no photos taken).
Kingsland Bay State Outings&Picnic, August 7th (no photos taken).
(Above) Lynn Luginbuhl and Morris Earle by the Mediterranean Sea in Antalya, Turkey. Photo credit: A Canadian tourist.
On Oct 26th at our Fall Speaker Program, Morris Earle delivered a fascinating presentation and photos to an audience of almost 50 describing his hiking adventure: “The Lycian Way: A month crossing the Taurus mountains and ancient ruins of Turkey. Morris and Lynn's trek was a 300-mile hike through ancient ruins and old goat paths above the Mediterranean.
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