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By 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 by flooding in July. They had many visitors over the weekend but want people to know the best way to get to all the trails is through Darling Hill between Burke and Lyndon. Officials say the majority of the trails are open but bikers should tread lightly as some areas may be a little wet.
Kingdom Trails says in the future when building new trails, they will keep the flooding in mind to make trails more resilient. “I think what we probably will continue to do is maintain and build trails in the most sustainable way. We know how to build them so that they don’t erode. Overall, we have really sustainable trails. If we do build more trails, we will make sure they are built properly, as we always have,” said Lilias Ide of Kingdom Trails.
Officials say if people would like to volunteer with trail clean up reach out to Kingdom Trails.
