At the Massachusetts and Vermont border starts the Vermont Long Trail, a 272-mile footpath up, over and through the Green Mountains. Widely considered one of the nation’s most difficult hikes… ...

Clarence Cowles helped scout the first section of the Long Trail to be cleared. It ran from Mount Mansfield to Nebraska Notch. Silver Special Collections Library, University of Vermont ...

Three things make Vermont the best place on earth: maple syrup, fantastic fall colors, and the beautiful forested landscape.

The long ridge of Mount Mansfield, Vermont’s tallest peak at 4,393 feet, is an iconic view throughout northern Vermont, and it makes a dramatic plummet down to the road at Smuggler’s Notch ...

Mount Mansfield is the highest mountain in Vermont and one of two places in the state where visitors can experience arctic tundra. There are many skiing and hiking trails along the mountain, which ...

Skiers on Mount Mansfield, Vt., 1940In the 1930s, lifts came to Mansfield and the Civilian Conservation Corps created a world-class ski run out of a trail known as the Nose Dive. In the late 1930s ...