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Plans for long-distance mountain bike route in Vermont take step forward with 1st piece of ‘Velomont’ trail
VT Digger
A new multiday mountain bike trail opened this summer in central Vermont — the culmination of almost a decade of work by myriad organizations and volunteers.
The ‘Heart of the Greens’ loop runs up to Chittenden Brook Hut in the Green Mountain National Forest as well as through downtown Rochester and Pittsfield. The adaptive trail comes in at just under 39 miles total with around 6,000 feet of vertical gain and loss — if you decide to ride (or hike) it in full.
But the new multiuse trail is just the first piece of the Velomont: a long-distance mountain bike trail that is expected to run 485 miles from Massachusetts to the Canadian border, crisscrossing Vermont and linking together existing mountain bike networks.
Hikers and cyclists can now cross Vermont on New England’s longest rail trail, a year after floods
AP News
A year after epic summer flooding delayed the official opening of New England’s longest rail trail, the 93-mile route across northern Vermont is finally delivering on the promise made years ago of a cross-state recreation trail.
Vermont Snowmobile trail damages are up to $1 million in repairs and climbing
MyNBC5-WPTZ
Check out this short news clip on the extensive damage to VAST trail network.
Weeks after floods, Vermont businesses struggling to get visitors to return
New Haven Register
New Haven RegisterBy LISA RATHKE, Associated Press Updated Aug 20, 2024 5:39 p.m. BURKE, Vt. (AP) — Two bouts of flooding from storms in July has hampered businesses and destinations in an […]
More trails reopen after flood damage in Northeast Kingdom
WCAX
WCAXBy Hailey Morgan WCAX BURKE, Vt. (WCAX) – After a long week of recovery, the nonprofit Kingdom Trails has reopened. Like many in the Northeast Kingdom, the organization’s trail network was hit hard […]
