Bread Loaf Section of the Green Mtn Club - Open to the public. Refreshments served. More details at www.gmcbreadloaf.org. 6:30 - 8:30PM. Thursday, January 25, 2018

Champlain Valley Unitarian Universalist Society. 2 Duane Street, Middlebury, VT (For directions, go to CVUUS.ORG)

Our regular business meeting will be followed by a presentation at 7:30PM entitled “Hiking the long distance Cohos Trail in New Hampshire.”

DETAILS: Following our annual meeting, join us for a visual tour of northern New Hampshire’s Cohos Trail, a 170-mile hiking trail that runs the length of Coos County from Crawford Notch to Canada. Kristin McLane, GMC Membership & Communications Coordinator, thru hiked the Cohos Trail with a small group in September 2017 and will share photos and stories of the trip along with some tips and logistics for planning your own Cohos Trail hike.

ABOUT THE COHOS TRAIL: According to the Cohos Trail website: “The trail encompasses nearly 40 peaks including the tallest in the Northeast, passes through three major river watersheds, reaches New Hampshire’s highest cliffs, saddles up to numerous waterfalls and major wildlife bogs and marshes, and drifts through a million acres of forest. This network is the only international trail system in New Hampshire and the second international pathway in the East.” Also, “there are many day hike opportunities along the full length of the Cohos Trail and a great deal of remote territory to explore where you may meet more moose than human beings.”

ABOUT OUR SPEAKER: Kristin is a transplant to Vermont, but so happy to be in the Green Mountain State after having lived mostly in the more crowded Philadelphia area. An avid hiker, she was first introduced to the Long Trail during an Appalachian Trail end-to-end hike in 2013. Following even more outdoor adventures, including a Pacific Crest Trail thru hike in 2015 and a Grand Canyon thru raft in 2016, Kristin decided to leave her prior software career and focus on the trails that she loves so much. As GMC’s Membership and Communications Coordinator, she is thrilled to help protect and get more people involved with the Long Trail. Since Vermont’s great outdoors are right outside her front door, you can usually find Kristin outside adventuring, but she also enjoys reading, crafting, and live music.