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15 10, 2018

2018 Westmore Mountain Challenge Results!

2019-10-04T13:00:32-04:00October 15th, 2018|Highlights, News|

We are pleased to announce the second annual Westmore Mountain Challenge was a success!! For this year's event, Forests, Parks & Recreation extended our permit to 150 participants, which sold out by August. The conditions were pretty rough for hikers on Saturday in the AM with temperatures in the 30s and 40s, light rain in the low elevations and snow on the mountain tops, but the sun peeked out in the afternoon. This year the official finish was the full 26 mile marathon length from the drop-off at Moose Mountain [Read More...]

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9 02, 2018

February 9th Trails Update

2018-02-09T14:58:47-05:00February 9th, 2018|Highlights, News, Trail Reports|

Willoughby State Forest Weekly Trails Update All the trails have been groomed as of 2/9/2018, which include the Little Loop, Middle Loop, Bartlett Loop, the Connector trail, the CCC road and the Bartlett Mountain rd. Tracks are set on the Little and along with the two roads. Willoughby State Forest is a testament of just how much snow we get in the NEK. This last storm dumped probably a foot and half of powder on the mountain. The trails are groomed nicely but still a little soft, but with the [Read More...]

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11 12, 2013

Bald Mountain Cabin Restored

2016-12-13T19:12:14-05:00December 11th, 2013|Conservation Corps, Highlights, News|

Over a century ago, following several devastating forest fires, Vermont’s governor appointed the first Forest Commissioner and laid the foundation for a forest fire lookout system that would span the entire state and include 38 lookout stations. This fall, the Bald Mountain summit cabin in Westmore—one of Vermont’s oldest lookout stations—was restored thanks to a grant from the Vermont Land and Facilities Trust Fund. The original summit cabin and fire lookout tower on Bald Mountain (then known as Westmore Mountain) date back to the early 1920s when lookout stations were also [Read More...]

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