Vermont Hiking and Backpacking Vacations

Vermont Hiking and Backpacking Travel Guide

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Top Hiking and Backpacking Destinations In Vermont

• Appalachian Trail, ME
  
• Green Mountain National Forest, VT
  

Travel Guides In Vermont

• Lake Champlain, NY
  • Active and Adventure Guide
  • Family Guide
• Woodstock, VT
  • Family Guide
• Stowe, VT
  • Active and Adventure Guide
• Appalachian Trail, ME
  • Active and Adventure Guide
• Green Mountain National Forest, VT
  • Active and Adventure Guide
  • Parks and Outdoors Guide

Northeast Hiking and Backpacking States/Provinces

• Connecticut
• Maine
• Massachusetts
• New Hampshire
• New York
• Vermont

Active and Adventure Travel Destinations

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Lake Groton, Vermont (Weststock)

Top Vermont Hiking and Backpacking Destinations

• Appalachian Trail
• Green Mountain National Forest

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Feature Articles

• Vermont
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  Like Maple Syrup
• Get A Clue
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  Ever heard of letterboxing? Meet this new twist on the family hike.
• January Active/Adventure Guide
  
• GORP - Vermont Wilderness Areas, hiking, hike, walk, walking, trek, trekking, backcountry, wilderness, backpacking, tramping
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• Gorp - Beartown Wilderness, Virginia
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Trip Ideas

• Fall's Finest? Green Mountain National Forest, Vermont
  GORP's Top 10 Autumn Escapes: Fall's Best Forests
• Five Great Family Escapes
  100-Mile Wilderness Trail, Maine
• At Home in the Wild
  Civility and wilderness meet at Little Lyford Pond Sport Camps

Practical Advice

• Adventure Travel 101
  GORPTravel’s Kate Tucker and Linda Long answer our burning questions about the tao of adventure travel
• Day Hiking: A Packing List
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• Backpacking: A Packing List
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• GORP - Getting on Course - Learning Compass and Map Basics
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• A Trekking Primer
  

GORPTravel Trips

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  Biking in Vermont: Stowe & the Northeast Kingdom
  Bike Vermont
  from $1080, 6 days
  This tour has it all! We begin in Stowe, a sophisticated Vermont village famed for its wondrous variety of shops and galleries. Then we explore...
  
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  New England's Fall Foliage Hiker
  The World Outdoors
  from $2498, 6 days
  Revel in the color palette of New England's fall foliage as we explore the lofty mountains, babbling brooks, pastoral farms and quaint villages that...
  
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  Women's Adventures in Vermont - Hike the Long Trail
  Extreme Adventures Vermont
  from $975, 6 days
  Join us on Vermont's most breathtaking hiking trails. The views you will see will amaze you and the scenery is absolutely beautiful. You will hike...
  
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  Vermont Day Hike
  Extreme Adventures Vermont
  from $48, 1 days
  Be guided on some of the area's most breathtaking hikes. We can take you safely to a destination and back. You can choose to summit, a mountain or to...
  
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  Women's Adventures in Vermont - Fall Foliage Hike, Paddle & Coverd Bridge Tour
  Extreme Adventures Vermont
  from $1100, 6 days
  Experience Vermont at its most beautiful time. See Vermont while the trees are turning color and getting ready to fall off the trees. Stay in the...
  

Gear

• Complete Gear Archives: Day-Hiking, Backpacking, and Trekking
  From in-depth gear review articles and Gear Guy Q&A highlights to the latest—and past—entries in Outside magazine’s award-giving Summer and Winter Buyer’s Guides, a detailed overview of all things hiking.
• Women’s Running Gear Essentials
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• Waterproofing Innovations
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  A new way to waterproof
• Mountain Sense
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  Some helpful backcountry tips from mountaineering guru Conrad Anker
• The Goods: Hiking
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Fitness

• Adventure Never Felt So Good
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  Rancho La Puerta
• The Fit List -- cont.
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GOOD FOR HIKING AND BACKPACKING

Churchill House Inn
3128 Forest Dale Road
Brandon, VT 05733 Map

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from: $169

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Inn At Essex
70 Essex Way
Essex Junction, VT 05452 Map

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Inn of the Six Mountains
2617 Killington Rd
Killington, VT 05751 Map

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