Marketing Guru Position Open on GMC Burlington Executive Committee

Are you savvy with marketing techniques – placing events in the local papers, getting flyers and posters printed and distributed, writing promotional announcements for the web site and list-serv? We need help coordinating the promotion and publicity of our outings and special events. If you are interested, please contact Ted Albers at 802-557-7009 or ted@ted-albers.net The Committee meets every couple of months to plan activities and eat great cookies Kelley makes. We could always use volunteers to help organize events and help with marketing and publicity, or lead hikes or just come up with fun ideas of stuff to do!

Scaling Colorado’s 100 Highest Peaks: Rich Larsen

The Burlington Section is lucky to have many members who have had amazing adventures in the backcountry. Along with many other hiking expeditions in this country and in far-off lands, Rich Larsen has stood on the summits of Colorado’s hundred highest mountains. Valerie Wilkins interviewed Rich and wrote the following article. Continue reading

Spring 2013 Ridge Lines Newsletter in PDF – with archives now going back a decade!

Spring 2013 Ridgelines is available for download. Note that photos accompanying “Scaling Colorado’s 100 Highest Peaks: Rich Larsen” are here. Continue reading

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Click below to link to search the contents of the past ten years of the Burlington Section Ridgelines newsletter. The result(s) will be an entire edition of Ridgelines (in a PDF file). The search term will not be highlighted in the PDF – the word(s) you searched for could be anywhere in the newsletter. To narrow your results, search for more terms, or search for an exact term in quotes. For example, searching for spring trail work returned 31 editions of Ridgelines. Searching for spring trail work 1995 returned four. Searching for “spring trail work” 1995 returned one.
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Ch. 17 TV- GMC Show: Introducing Local Chapters; The Burlington Section

See the Ch. 17 Video with Will Wilquist and the Burlington Section!

Allan Strong Provides Bird Habitat Data on Green Mountains During Taylor Series Talk

The Burlington Section of the Green Mountain heard Dr. Allan M. Strong from UVM discuss ‘Birding the Green Mountains: Habitats, Elevational Gradients, and Climate Change.’ Thank you Allan for an excellent presentation on the habitat for birds in the Greens and what it tells us about the changing landscape. Strong-2

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Suggestions for Snowshoeing Close to Home – Descriptions of area winter outing spots

We’re all hoping that winter 2012-2013 brings more snow than last year! Maybe it will help if we start thinking about winter fun. Here are a few recommendations about local trails that are good for snowshoeing and sometimes for cross-country skiing. These areas aren’t groomed for winter use but they’re used enough so there’s usually a packed surface.

The Winooski Valley Park District has 16 parks with beautiful and scenic trails, each just a short drive for most Burlington Section members. (Go to www.wvpd.org and click on Parks.) Continue reading