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MEET the NEW GMC EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Michael Debonis FOOTNOTES VOLUME 36 OTTAUQUECHEE SECTION JUNE - AUGUST 2014 NUMBER 2 GREEN MOUNTAIN CLUB IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE THE ‘ FOOTNOTES ’ IN AN E-VERSION INSTEAD OF THE PRINTED FORM, PLEASE CONTACT HEINZ TREBITZ at [email protected] . MEET THE NEW GMC The O-Section’s Taylor Series in April EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR of this year attracted about 90 people to the Montshire Museum, to hear tales Michael DeBonis about the life and adventures of Alex Ambros as a cook at McMurdo Station in On Saturday, JUNE 14, the Green Mountain Antarctica. Thanks to all of you who Club will hold its Annual Meeting at helped make the presentation a Mountain Meadows Lodge in Killington, success! Vermont, hosted by the Killington Section. WildernessWilderness----5050 Outings 2014 th Mountain Meadows is situated on the This year is the 50 anniversary of the passage of the Wilderness Act. As part of the national Appalachian Trail, adjoining Kent Pond, celebration, more than a dozen outings have been making it a perfect location for all kinds scheduled for this summer in wilderness areas of of outdoor activities. Vermont and New Hampshire. Trip listings are marked as “Wilderness-50”. The outings are planned jointly with GMC and Sierra Club in You will find details about registration, Vermont, and with AMC and Sierra Club in program, activities and directions for the New Hampshire. They will be lead by O-Section Annual Meeting on pages 6,7 and 27 of member Peter Hope . For information call Peter at the Spring Long Trail News. 603-863-6456, or e-mail [email protected] . One part of the business meeting will be to The Crown Point Road Association is planning fill four general seats on the Club’s Board an end-to-end walk on the road in early fall. It of Directors. They represent the Green will start on Sept.13 at NH Marker #1 in Mountain Club membership as a whole and Charlestown, NH, the original site of the Fort work with directors elected by the sections. at #4. It may take about two weeks until the walkers reach the Fort at Crown Point at NY’s Lake Champlain. Anne Janeway, who - like her parents - has For information about the trip details you can been a very active O-Section member for call O-Section member Becky Tucker at many years, is one of the four nominees. 802-885-4686, or go to the website www.crownpointroad.org . --- Page 1 --- MISSION ACCOMPLISHED? 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. Our O-Section members, located mainly in and around the so-called Upper Valley, are far away from the Long Trail. In keeping with the trail maintenance part of the GMC’s mission, our section has been assigned the responsibility for 45 miles of the Appalachian Trail, from Killington to the Connecticut River. But what about the stewardship? We have an abundance of great trails more or less in our backyards, many of them taken care of by other organizations. So we try to establish and maintain a good relationship with these other groups by having some members join them, helping with their trail work and planning trips in their bailiwicks. A closer look at our outings schedule from past and present years shows these connections: Snowshoe trip with the Ascutney Trails Association, Ski and combined annual meeting with the Hartland Ski Trails, Workday with the Rivendell Trails Association, Hike with a ranger from Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Park, Walks with the Upper Valley Land Trust, Hike with the founder of the Strafford Cross-Town Trail. Planned walk-through with people from the Crown Point Road Association Rambles with the Eastman hiking group It is different kind of stewardship, but I think it fulfills the intent of the GMC mission. Inge Trebitz ********** WHAT’S IN A NAME? We have scheduled the hike up and over Sunday Mountain in Lyme, NH many times, following the Rivendell Trail. When we did it on a Saturday in May, Ted Cooley, the leader and trail adopter for that section, finally gave us an explanation for our destination’s name: Legend has it that a gentleman from Lyme opted to ride his horse up the mountain on a Sunday morning, rather than attend the church service. He encountered a bear and was chased up a tree, where he had to sit in his fine riding outfit for a long time! (Illustration provided by Ted Cooley) - Page 2 --- "O" SECTION SUMMER ACTIVITIES, JUNE - AUGUST 2014 *** Easy on the knees BACK-COUNTRY ETIQUETTE: NO CELL PHONE USE EXCEPT IN EMERGENCY Jun 1 Wildflower Along New Eng. Wildflower Society's Plainfield (NH) Sanctuary land on River Rd, Elizabeth Tobiasson Sun Walk mostly dirt. Some species not common in NH. 4 mi. Binoculars useful. Easy. *** 603-643-5490 Jun 2 Hike Moosalamoo Area, Goshen, VT. Recently rebuilt Leicester Hollow Tr, Silver Lk (swim Peter Hope Mon poss.) & Chandler Ridge Tr. Views. ~12 mi, 800' elev. gain. Stren. due to distance. 603-863-6456 Jun 3 Bike ride Around Lake Morey, Fairly, VT. Lovely scenery. 6 miles. Easy. *** Inge Brown Tues *** 802-296-5777 Jun 7 Trail Work Help out on National Trails Day on local Cross-Rivendell Trail. A.M. work followed by Marcia Dunning Sat lunch (Likely a BBQ!) www.crossrivendelltrail.org 802-333-4340 Jun 7 Hike National Trails Day hike to remote Griffith Lake, Peru VT, from south via woods road, Dick Andrews Sat and Peru Peak Shelter on LT / AT. 5.3 mi, 480’ elevation gain. Easy. 802-885-3201 Jun 8 Bike Ride Hanover, Etna, Lyme NH loop. About 22 mi, all paved. Moderate. Dick Ruben Sun 802-333-3707 Jun 9 Hike Wilderness-50: Traverse Bald Mt.(2857’), Bennington to Woodford, VT; Views; Peter Hope Mon 6 miles; 1580’ elevation gain; moderate; easy car-spot; [email protected] . 603-863-5456 Jun 10 Hike Bird Mtn (2216'), Castleton, VT. Woods roads, herd paths, old trails to peak with great Peter Hope Tues views. 4 - 5 mi, 1000' elevation gain. Moderate, but trails are not well maintained. 603-863-6456 June 11 Moonlight Moonlight on Mt. Ascutney Rd., gate closed. Out & back. 3.9 mi, 1130’ elev. gain to Dick Andrews Wed Hike picnic shelter, OR 7.4 mi, 2200’ elev. gain to end of road, as group wishes. Moderate. 802-885-3201 Jun 13-14 GMC Ann. GMC's 104th Annual Meeting, Mountain Meadows Lodge, VT. Hosted by Killington GMC Headqtrs Fri - Sat Meeting section; volunteers appreciated. Details in Spring Long Trail News and at 802-244-7037 http://www.greenmountainclub.org Jun 15-17 Backpack 3-day, 2-night GMC intersectional trip. VT 140 north to US 4. ~ 23 mi. Sign up before Joe Sikowitz Sun - annual mtg with Volunteer & Member Coordinator [email protected] 802-241-8324 Tues Jun 15 Father's Mt, Kearsarge, (2937'), Wilmot, NH. 2.8 mi. loop from Winslow State Park picnic area. Heinz/Inge Trebitz Sun Day Hike Winslow & Barlow Trails. Great views from summit. Moderate. 802-785-2129 Jun 17 Bike Ride Buffalo Rd (Wentworth, NH) to Quincy Bog (Rumney, NH) for lunch and board walk. Heinz/Inge Trebitz Tues Return on same road or on Rt.25. Round trip 18 mi. Moderate. 802-785-2129 Jun 21 Solstice PegJack/Palmer Forest, Thetford, VT. Join Upper Valley Land Trust on mostly woods Jason Berard Sat Hike with rds, some bushwhacking. 6 - 7 mi, 2000' elev. gain. Mod-Stren. UVLT 603-643-6626 802-333-4302 UVLT Jun 22 Road Walk Thetford, VT. From Tucker Hill Rd. to Hughes Forest via Poor Farm Rd. Return via Marcia Dunning Sun *** Whippoorwill Rd. Dirt and woods roads. 4.8 mi. Easy. *** 802-333-4340 Jun 24 Hike Explore new Brushwood Forest North, coming in from Bradford, VT. 5 mi. Moderate. Jane Bayley Brown Tues 802-333-4541 Jun 28 Paddle Paddle four miles around Lake Tarleton and check out this scenic state park in Annie Janeway Sat Piermont, NH off Rte. 25c. Life preserver required. Call or [email protected] . 413-374-0988 Jun 29 Hike Stratton Mtn. (3936’), Stratton VT. Fire tower, views, nice trail. A.T. and LT conceived Dick Andrews Sun on summit. 6.6 mi, 1600’ elevation gain. Moderate. 802-885-3201 July 1 Bike Ride Plainfield, NH. River Road Loop. 12 mi. Easy. *** Inge Brown Tues *** 802-296-5777 July 4 Hike Independence Day: Circle North Springfield Reservoir, Springfield VT. Varied terrain, Dick Andrews Fri distant views. Approx. 10 mi, 300’ elev. gain. Long, but easy walking. Moderate. 802-885-3201 July 5 Hike Sherburne Pass to River Rd. via Sherburne Pass Tr & A.T., Killington VT. Kent Pond, Dick Andrews Sat Thundering Falls and boardwalk. 4.5 mi, 290’ elevation gain. Car spot. Moderate 802-885-3201 - Continued on page 4 - - Page 3 --- July 6 Hike Join Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller Nat. Hist. Park Ranger on short hike near Woodstock, Heinz/Inge Trebitz Sun VT. Using A.T.,Totman Hill Rd. and Pomfret Rd. Moderate. 802-785-2129 July 7 Hike Wilderness-50: Hike to Lost Pond Bog from FS-10, Danby, VT. Fascinating floating Peter Hope Mon bog. 6 miles (one off trail); 1750’ elevation gain. Moderate. [email protected] . 603-863-6456 July 8 Paddle Grafton Pond, Grafton, NH. Very scenic; no power boats above 5 mph. Miles of nooks Heinz/Inge Trebitz Tues & crannies.
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