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Long Trail

Route

Vermont's Long Trail follows the spine of the Green Mountains from the Massachusetts border to Canada. The Green Mountain Club stewards the 272-mile route, which hikers and runners can follow end to end or combine into longer projects.

One-way route
272 milesGreen Mountain Club's current route description.Source
Endpoints
Massachusetts border → CanadaAlong Vermont's Green Mountains.Source
Steward
Green Mountain ClubThe club maintains the Long Trail system.Source

14 TUM reports · Published coverage below

Publication history

Coverage over time

12 editorial issues

Distinct issues per publication month. Each issue counts once.

Long Trail — monthly TUM coverageFrom Jul 2024 through Nov 2026. Highest month: 6 issues. Exact counts are provided in the accessible chart description.Jul 2024: 0 editorial issuesAug 2024: 0 editorial issuesSep 2024: 1 editorial issueOct 2024: 0 editorial issuesNov 2024: 0 editorial issuesDec 2024: 0 editorial issuesJan 2025: 1 editorial issueFeb 2025: 0 editorial issuesMar 2025: 0 editorial issuesApr 2025: 0 editorial issuesMay 2025: 0 editorial issuesJun 2025: 0 editorial issuesJul 2025: 0 editorial issuesAug 2025: 2 editorial issuesSep 2025: 1 editorial issueOct 2025: 1 editorial issueNov 2025: 0 editorial issuesDec 2025: 0 editorial issuesJan 2026: 0 editorial issuesFeb 2026: 0 editorial issuesMar 2026: 0 editorial issuesApr 2026: 0 editorial issuesMay 2026: 0 editorial issuesJun 2026: 0 editorial issuesJul 2026: 0 editorial issuesAug 2026: 6 editorial issuesSep 2026: 0 editorial issuesOct 2026: 0 editorial issuesNov 2026: 0 editorial issues
Jul 2024Peak 6Nov 2026

Monthly editorial issue counts: Jul 2024: 0; Aug 2024: 0; Sep 2024: 1; Oct 2024: 0; Nov 2024: 0; Dec 2024: 0; Jan 2025: 1; Feb 2025: 0; Mar 2025: 0; Apr 2025: 0; May 2025: 0; Jun 2025: 0; Jul 2025: 0; Aug 2025: 2; Sep 2025: 1; Oct 2025: 1; Nov 2025: 0; Dec 2025: 0; Jan 2026: 0; Feb 2026: 0; Mar 2026: 0; Apr 2026: 0; May 2026: 0; Jun 2026: 0; Jul 2026: 0; Aug 2026: 6; Sep 2026: 0; Oct 2026: 0; Nov 2026: 0.

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In The Ultra Minute

Newest first

Published in TUM

Taylor’s accepted Long Trail mark

TUM reported the accepted unsupported out-and-back FKT with verification and route files linked.

Published in TUM

Taylor’s Long Trail film

TUM recommended Taylor’s account of the difficult days behind the unsupported out-and-back effort.

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Sabbe and Taylor’s separate route efforts

TUM reported Sabbe’s HexaTrek completion pending FKT verification and Taylor’s unsupported Long Trail out-and-back account.

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Drummond ends his Long Trail effort

TUM linked Drummond’s explanation that wet-foot problems and exhaustion ended the unsupported attempt.

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Drummond’s in-progress attempt

TUM recorded a tracker snapshot of the unsupported Long Trail effort and its gap to Peterson’s record pace, before the later stop.

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Taylor’s unsupported Long Trail out-and-back attempt

Cody Taylor started an unsupported Long Trail out-and-back on Tuesday. TUM reported his stated food and route estimates, while explicitly saying his page supplied no usable current status Friday morning.

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Dower’s 2025 Long Trail and Javelina sequence

TUM recalled Tara Dower’s August Long Trail FKT and earlier Mammoth stop before her 2025 Javelina win and seventh overall finish.

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Dower’s 2025 Long Trail FKT

TUM reported Tara Dower’s 3d18h29m Long Trail overall FKT, improving Will Peterson’s 2024 mark and the earlier women’s mark of Alyssa Godesky. The categories, route and years stay separate.

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Dower’s Long Trail start precedes her result

TUM reported Tara Dower starting a supported Long Trail FKT attempt in August 2025 against Will Peterson’s 2024 benchmark, fundraising for Green Mountain Club. The later completed result takes precedence.

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Different Long Trail support categories

Tori “Chewy” Constantine completed a women’s unsupported Long Trail FKT in 5d19h28m in 2025. TUM compared Mikaela Osler’s 2021 and Jeff Garmire’s earlier marks with Will Peterson’s 2023 unsupported time. Shelby Farrell’s unsupported and Tara Dower’s supported attempts were still future plans.

Earlier coverage (4)
Published in TUM

The 2024 FKT countdown before number one

TUM highlighted Fastest Known Time’s 2024 countdown: Krupicka, Hegemann, Sansone/Hamilton at number5; Power/Fowler at4; Porter/Curtin at3; Anderson/Peterson at2. These are annual-list positions, not race podiums or interchangeable current FKT categories. The source specifically described Fowler’s Arizona Trail effort as self-supported; number one had not yet been revealed.

Event date: 2024 · TUM publication: January 2, 2025

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Dower’s announced 2025 ambitions

Tara Dower announced a 2025 Long Trail FKT ambition and hoped to earn a WesternStates GoldenTicket. TUM’s suggested training sequence was commentary; neither the plan nor that interpretation is an actual start or completion.

Event date: 2025 · TUM publication: January 2, 2025

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Peterson’s reported Long Trail FKT

TUM reports Will Peterson setting a Long Trail FKT of 3 days, 21 hours and 10 minutes, breaking four days; the source does not specify direction or a formal support category.

Event date: 2024 · TUM publication: September 3, 2024

Published in TUM

Peterson credits the Long Trail group effort

In the quotation introduced as Peterson’s Instagram post, he credits dozens of locals with the Long Trail effort and describes himself as the runner; it repeats the 3-day, 21-hour, 10-minute time.

Event date: 2024 · TUM publication: September 3, 2024

Read & listen

Original public source

The Long Trail

Original public context, separate from the dated TUM account.

Green Mountain Club

Connections

Person in the accepted dated route record

Cody Taylor

TUM reported the accepted unsupported out-and-back FKT with verification and route files linked.

Source

Dower reported 3d18h29m

Tara Dower

TUM reported Tara Dower’s 3d18h29m Long Trail overall FKT, improving Will Peterson’s 2024 mark and the earlier women’s mark of Alyssa Godesky. The categories, route and years stay separate.

Source

Constantine reported 5d19h28m unsupported

Tori “Chewy” Constantine

Tori “Chewy” Constantine completed a women’s unsupported Long Trail FKT in 5d19h28m in 2025. TUM compared Mikaela Osler’s 2021 and Jeff Garmire’s earlier marks with Will Peterson’s 2023 unsupported time. Shelby Farrell’s unsupported and Tara Dower’s supported attempts were still future plans.

Source

Peterson’s reported 2024 FKT

Will Peterson

TUM reports Will Peterson setting a Long Trail FKT of 3 days, 21 hours and 10 minutes, breaking four days; the source does not specify direction or a formal support category.

Source
Sources & notes

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Public background sources checked October 20, 2026. The selection contains 127 published issues.

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