Welcome to Long Trail Hiking

The Long Trail is a hiking trail located in Vermont, running the length of the state. It is the oldest long-distance trail in the United States, constructed between 1910 and 1930 by the Green Mountain Club. The club remains the primary organization responsible for the trail, and is recognized by the state legislature as "the founder, sponsor, defender, and protector" of the Long Trail System.

The Long Trail currently runs for a length of 272 miles (438 km) across the state of Vermont. It starts at the Massachusetts border (near Williamstown, Massachusetts), and runs north to the Canadian border (near North Troy, Vermont). It runs along the main ridge of the Green Mountains, coinciding with the Appalachian Trail for 100 miles in southern Vermont. Additionally, over 70 miles of side trails complete the Long Trail System.

The Long Trail traverses almost all of the Green Mountains' major summits, including (from south to north) Glastenbury Mountain, Stratton Mountain, Killington Peak, Mount Abraham, Mount Ellen, Camel's Hump, Mount Mansfield, and Jay Peak.

Many people do end to end hikes of this trail every year yet the existence of easy to find information needed to do such a hike is hard to piece together. That's where this website will hopefully really shine is in its use of information to help provide the novice and old pro of the Long Trail, quality information in order to have a more enjoyable and safer trip along Vermont's oldest footpath.

So, in conjunction with the Green Mountain Club, we present to you Long Trail Hiking and we hope that this special place on the web will be a stopping point for you as you plan your journey on the Long Trail. And when you're done with your journey, come back, log into the hiker network and post a blog and photos of your trip to share with others.