It's mud season in Vermont, and that means hikers need to exercise extra caution to avoid damaging Vermont's trails from now through the end of May, especially in the high country. "The spots that are ...

In the northern Plains, the spring season is not always guaranteed. Instead, weather conditions abruptly change from below freezing to relatively balmy. In essence, from winter to summer within a week ...

Update: The story has been updated to show that the Green Mountain Club encourages hikers to avoid high-elevation trails until the end of May, and use best judgement when encountering mud on the ...

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There’s a reason that people call Summit County’s spring season “mud season.” During the months of April and May, when temperatures are warming up and spring skiing is coming to a close, the snowpack ...

Sandwiched between winter and spring, mud season is Vermont’s fifth season – the season we don’t like to talk about. During mud season in Vermont, we deal with too much snow, our fair share of rain, ...

Quandary, the old and wise mountain goat, has been around Summit County for ages, and has the answers to all questions about life, love and laws in the High Country. Have a question for Quandary?

A mountain biker rides their bike through a closed portion of Texas Hill Road in Hinesburg on Monday, March 21, 2022. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Editor’s Note: This story by Claire Potter first ...

A former reporter with the Los Angeles Times and Boston Globe, Jeff Kramer’s new novel, ‘Mud Season’ (Köehler Books) tells the story of Atwood ‘Woody’ Hackworth, a journalist laid off after ...

Mud season — Vermont's unofficial fifth season — is here again, and dirt roads throughout the state are turning into pea soup. People who aren't from Vermont, or who haven't lived here long, may have ...

Russ Lanoie adjusts an invention—a road grader mounted to a set of hydraulic plow controls—that he uses to maintain dirt roads during mud season";s: Fridays on Morning Edition, Outside/In host Sam ...