In the event you’re in Vermont subsequent Thursday (2/5), I’ll be giving a discuss Mountain climbing the Lengthy Path Facet-to-Facet Record as a part of the James P Taylor (the man who thought up the Lengthy Path) Journey Speaker Sequence. The speak is free and shall be held on the Inexperienced Mountain Membership’s Customer Middle in Waterbury, Vermont, from 7:00 – 8:00 p.m. Whereas the occasion is free, registration is required. In the event you can’t attend, my presentation shall be videotaped and revealed on YouTube. I’ll present a hyperlink to it right here and in my weekly e-newsletter when it’s out there.
The Lengthy Path Facet-to-Facet is an inventory of 88 trails (166 miles complete) that strategy the Lengthy Path (272 miles complete) from the east and the west. It’s an amazing checklist of trails to hike if you wish to put together for the Lengthy Path however need bite-sized adventures within the meantime, or should you’ve hiked the Lengthy Path already and need to get reacquainted with it with out committing to a different end-to-end via hike or part hike. Appropriate for all ages, the Facet-to-Facet might be accomplished as a sequence of day hikes, backpacking journeys, or a mixture of each.
In my speak, I’ll cowl:
- the principles for climbing the checklist
- learn how to preserve observe of your progress
- the perfect instances of the 12 months to hike
- the perfect maps and navigation apps to make use of
- finest climbing gear, clothes, and footwear to make use of
- backpacking ideas
- methods you should utilize to interrupt up the path checklist into manageable items
I hiked the Lengthy Path in 2008, so climbing the Facet-to-Facet checklist (2025) let me revisit most of the scenic spots and shelters the place I’d slept with out having to hike the complete 272-mile path once more. After I began the Facet-to-Facet checklist, I’d simply determined to maneuver from New Hampshire to Vermont, however I hadn’t determined the place I used to be going to settle within the state. Mountain climbing the Facet-to-Facet checklist let me go to a lot of the cities and pure areas that border the Lengthy Path alongside the size of the state. That basically opened my eyes to the state’s huge leisure alternatives and helped me work out the place I wished to stay.
Hope to see you there. In the event you come, you should definitely come up and say howdy!
