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		<title>Clearing New Trails In Brandon Gap With RASTA!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2016 20:13:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This past weekend on Saturday and Sunday, September 17th &#38; 18th, we traveled down to Brandon Gap to help the Rochester Area Sports Trails Alliance (RASTA) clear some new terrain. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Upcoming Trail Work: New RASTA Backcountry Zone</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2015 15:46:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The VTBC and the Catamount Trail Association (CTA), our parent organization, work closely with the Rochester Areas Sports Trails Alliance (RASTA), which is also a pilot chapter of the CTA/VTBC. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Vermont Backcountry Ethics Finalized</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2015 13:45:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[We are excited to report that the Vermont Backcountry Alliance, a program of the CTA, has finalized a new set of Leave No Trace guidelines for backcountry users in Vermont. Close [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Vermont Backcountry Ethics Released &#8211; &#034;Leave Only Tracks&#034;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2015 16:04:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In an ongoing effort to promote the safe and responsible use of Vermont’s winter backcountry environment, the Vermont Backcountry Alliance (VTBC), a new program of the Catamount Trail Association(CTA), in [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Recap: 2015 Southern Week-Long Tour &#8211; Day 7, Section 7</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[CTA_STAFF]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2015 14:30:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[We Are the Luckiest People in the World! I&#8217;m tired of writing sentences: breakfast, warm meeting place in Landgrove Inn Lounge (Thanks Tom!), key-swap, -6 degrees F, ski (17 NB, 14 SB), [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Recap: 2015 Southern Week-Long Tour &#8211; Day 6, Section 6</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2015 16:18:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Powder Hound Heaven Today&#8217;s turnout was greatly reduced by the cold forecast, the ski started with about -4F temperatures and some wind.  We decided to all ski northbound, partly due to the relatively [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Ascutney Mountain &#038; Meetings About Future Use</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2015 17:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; Let your voice be heard!   The Town of West Windsor and conservation partners working to buy the former Ascutney Mountain Resort, (the Trust for Public Land and Upper [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Changing of the Guard: Welcome, Ned Houston!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2014 15:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In this continuing series, we are highlighting some of the recent changes to the CTA Board of Directors. At the recent Annual Meeting in Killington, Vermont, we celebrated the contributions [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Changing of the Guard: Welcome, Angus McCusker!</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[CTA_STAFF]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2014 15:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In this continuing series, we are highlighting some of the recent changes to the CTA Board of Directors. A few weeks ago in Killington, VT, at the Annual Meeting, we [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Changing of the Guard: Welcome, Brian Mohr!</title>
		<link>https://catamounttrail.org/changing-of-the-guard-welcome-brian-mohr/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[CTA_STAFF]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2014 15:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[At the recent CTA Annual Meeting in Killington, VT,  we celebrated several longtime board members who were stepping down. While we were sad to see them go, it&#8217;s always good to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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