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Outdoor Activities in Vermont

One of the beautiful things abouthunting seasons take place in the fall
Vermont is the change of seasons. Itso if you are recreating outdoors you
keeps life interesting with a constantshould be aware of what hunting season
change of scenery ranging from the greyit might be and either stay out of the
cloudy weather of November to thewoods or make sure you are highly
incredibly bright crisp blue and whitevisible, preferably wearing hunter
of a clear winter day. We have warmsafety orange.
summer days with high humidity and subWinter comes next and is one of my
zero winter days with zero humidity andfavorite seasons. Being a musher it's
every thing in between. Thesethe season I and the dogs live for. At
temperature ranges tend to keep out aPeace Pups Dogsledding here at Lake
lot of the nuisance insects that ourElmore it's when we begin to offer dog
neighbors to the south have with raresled rides and skijor lessons. There are
sightings of ticks and lime disease, andseveral kennels in Vermont offering
virtually no poisonous snakes orsimilar services. If you're here
spiders. Some of this has changed invisiting I highly recommend checking one
recent years due to the increase inof these out. There is nothing like
temperatures in the area. Tick sightingsbeing pulled along through the woods by
have becoming more frequent in southerna team of sled dogs. It's an experience
Vermont and even an occasional tickyou won't soon forget. Another dog
sighted in the northern regions.powered winter activity is skijoring.
Along with all these seasonal changesThis is being pulled by one or more dogs
comes the opportunity for changes inwhile on cross country skis. Skijoring
outdoor activities. In Vermont you canis growing in popularity and is a great
participate in a wide range ofway to get out and exercise both
activities not available in many partsyourself and your dog. There are also
of this country. You'll be amazed atmany other ways to get outside and play
what you can find to do in the greatwith or with out dogs. Of course Vermont
outdoors of Vermont.is know for it's down hill skiing and
During the summer months we have roadthere are many cross country ski areas
and back road cycling with the advantageas well. The Catamount Trail System runs
of many low traffic roads to ride on. Wethe length of the state makes for a good
have a multitude of old dirt roads,long ski trip or you can hit short
logging roads, and single track mountainsections of it for a day ski. There is
bike trails and even lift serviced downawesome sledding and performance sleds
hill biking at local ski areas. Due tomade right here in Vermont. Take one of
our numerous lakes and rivers there arethese sleds and hike up a mountain for a
many opportunities for canoeing,fun backcountry sled trip. Snowshoeing
kayaking, wind surfing and kitehas become very popular and you'll often
boarding. There are many brooks andsee folks snowshoeing on the hiking
streams with great swimming holestrails around the state.
through out the state. Don't forgetSpring completes the cycle with the snow
hiking! The Long Trail runs the lengthmelting away and all the trees and
of the state and there are many dayplants springing to life. Again, it's
hikes through out. Many of these dayjust incredible to watch everything go
hikes lead to the tops of mountains withfrom a frozen state to being lush and
beautiful vistas. Vermont is also agreen all over again. Spring can be one
great place to camp with a wonderfulof the more challenging seasons to play
state park system offering familyoutside. In the midst of spring we have
camping at many locations through outmud season during which time you can't
the state.really mountain bike or hike due to the
Fall is an amazing season to just bemud. We stay off all trails until things
outdoors and watch the daily changes ashave dried out to help reduce the
the maples begin to change color anderosion and trail damage. It's too cold
prepare for winter. It is often rainy into swim and many of the smaller ponds
November but we also have lovely lowand lakes will still have a layer of ice
humidity crisp clear days that make foron them so kayaking and canoeing isn't
some of the best hiking of the year.possible either. Many people start road
Being cooler it is also a nice time tobiking as soon as the roads are clear to
get out for those end of the season bikestart getting in shape for the coming
rides. Fall is the time of year weseason. Running works and there's always
mushers start to be able to run theirthe gym.
dogs since the temperatures are lowerThen we start all over again which keeps
and there is less chance of the dogslife interesting and keeps one from
overheating. If you only have one or twobeing burned out from doing and seeing
dogs you might want to try running yourthe same thing year round.
dog with a dog scooter. This is aFor more information on dog powered
growing sport and a fun way to get yousports in Vermont check out Peace Pups
pups out for a run. Deer and mooseDog Sledding and Bicycle Tours.



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