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UVTA’s Executive Director, Russell Hirschler, was interviewed by WCAX on the Trailside Services feature on Trail Finder! Click HERE to watch the broadcast.   QUECHEE, Vt. (WCAX) – Hiking and

By ABIGAIL JOHNSON As a sophomore in college, I’ve often felt the acute, if mostly untrue, fear that the choices I make now will have lasting impacts on the rest

Happy Earth Day from the Upper Valley Trails Alliance! We love the planet and know that spending time in nature is essential for our physical and mental health. If you,

By Sean Ogle The last year has been difficult for everyone. Even in our idyllic corner of the world, we’ve been confined to our homes, isolated from loved ones and

By Meghan McCarthy McPhaul When the pandemic shut down much of the country last spring, many people took to the trails close to home — some of them for the

By Kaitie Eddington As many know, I am not an Upper Valley native. I grew up in Utah and moved to the Upper Valley in 2017 after graduating from Southern

By Randy Richardson I owe much of my physical and mental health to my two wonderful dogs, Atlas and Kaya. I love hiking and the outdoors and I am committed

One year ago, the staff of the Upper Valley Trails Alliance was busy cleaning our trail tools after a season of use and storing them in our lending toolshed. We

My wife, Heather Buckner, and I welcomed our first child into our lives last year. I have watched my baby say her first words, take her first steps and discover

By Ellie French People are turning to nature to cope with social upheaval during the pandemic, according to new research from the University of Vermont. A study led by Rachelle

By Kaitie Danger Eddington After years of waiting and months of collecting community votes, I have a middle name! I was not given a middle name at birth and have

By Josie Bourne Just students check their work on a math problem or proofread an essay, when I finish a section of trail I’ve been working on, the final step