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Trail Update- SVC Vehicular Access to Trails in Upper lot Temporarily Closed (3/11/19):

For the privacy and security of their students, Southern Vermont College (SVC) has temporarily closed vehicular access past the field house. Normal trail access via Route 9 (Camelot Village) or the Hospital (Hops and Vines Trail) continue, although hikers and bikers are reminded to stay off the trails when they are soft. Despite this temporary […]

Hops and Vines Reroute Update and then some

A few updates we want you to be aware of: Merry Merry Holiday time to you! We want to take a moment to thank all our volunteers and members who’ve helped us build trail, maintain trail, build trail, flag new ideas, make dreams come true, saw down blowdowns, rake/blow leaves, spend hours of admin time, […]

14th Annual Backcountry Film Festival – Friday, January 11th at Williams College

Thanks to the Williams Outing Club partnering with BATS, we are able to host the Backcountry Film Festival again this coming year! 14TH Annual Backcountry Film Festival WHEN – Friday, January 11, 2019 Doors open at 6:30PM, show starts at 7PM WHERE – Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall in the Bernhard Music Center 54 Chapin Hall Drive, […]

Last Update: 3.11.19
See our Trails Page for info on trails and map
-Attention! See blog post about temporarily vehicular action restriction for trail access from Southern Vermont College campus-
-WARNING! Low wires (maybe live) on Lower Beacon up to the actual beacon and the Snail Trail/Beacon area (not labeled on map, but it has a wooden sign). GMP and the utility company have been notified. Please avoid touching any wires and act as if they are live. We don’t anticipate GMP addressing these in the near future. Caution tape is up. Small wires down on Cave Trail you can ride/hop over. The communications company has been addressing these issues.
-Hops and Vines field Reroute is open. Both ends of the field have been blocked off. DO NOT ride through the field please. Reroute will need some work come spring and is not blazed yet,
-Cave Trail Relo to the North of the Cave is completed and blazed yellow. Will need a little fine tuning & fine root clipping.
-BLOWDOWNS- Report any if you see them with approximate trail location, photo and something in the photo for scale to BATSVT@Gmail.com
-2019 TRAIL WORK: Lots of projects and a relocation slated for Spring! If you have ideas for things that need improvements, you are welcome to attend Board Meeting or a Social and talk to us about it!

Thanks for all your help!
If you volunteered report the hours. Widget at bottom of page.