By Merisa Sherman My big plastic boots feel heavy this early in the season, as I continue to pass one foot in front of the other. I meander my plastics around roots and rocks, careful not to teeter totter on […]
Tag: Hiking
Column, Living the Dream
Many paths to a summit
By Merisa Sherman The fog came across the summit of the mountain in waves, wisps of clouds making their way across the sky. There had been no clouds down below, but here, sitting at the top of the mountain, the […]
Events & Activities, Local News, Sports
12th annual Vermont Adaptive Charity Challenge returns Saturday
In person event at new location with new participation options Saturday, June 18 — KILLINGTON — After two-years of a virtual event due to the global pandemic, the 12th annual Vermont Adaptive Charity Challenge presented by Killington Resort returns as an in-person fundraising […]
Lifestyle, Local News, Sports, State News
State: Stay off hiking and biking trails during mud season
The Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation (FPR) is reminding the public that it is mud season and many trails around the state are closed through Memorial Day weekend. Mud season is the time period (typically the duration of […]
2022 E-Editions
Mountain Times – Volume 51, Number 14 – April 6-12, 2022
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Featured, Local News
Rutland man sets goal to summit Pico everyday to benefit children
Randy Crossman, a 62-year-old woodworker and seventh-generation Vermonter from Rutland, has crossed the halfway mark in his goal to summit Pico Mountain 365 times in 365 days, a project he calls “PicoSummit365.” He began the project in summer 2021 and […]
Column, Living the Dream
Preparing, crunching
By Merisa Sherman It’s crunchy season. A gorgeous afternoon, with the shining sun strong in the sky, but the ground beneath is the loudest it will be all year. A few inches of beautiful snow had melted back to reveal […]
Column, Living the Dream
Grateful for these stolen moments
By Merisa Sherman I turned around and looked back behind me. The Green Mountains lay sprawled below, the once-green now beginning to turn myriad colors. Yes, the thin reds are beginning to pop and are doing so in a wide […]
Column, Living the Dream
Practicing up Pico peak
By Merisa Sherman We had been walking for what felt like hours. Walking and talking and chatting as we made our way up the work road, not even really noticing the steep incline. Well, almost. But those moments when your […]
Column, The Outside Story
Climbing into the alpine zone
By Susan Shea Hikers climbing the Northeast’s highest peaks will traverse several different vegetative zones along the way. On the summits, they’ll likely encounter plants so hardy that many also grow in the Arctic, thousands of miles to the north. […]