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ALL-INCLUSIVE HIKING VACATIONS WE PROVIDE

ATA has a variety of personalized All-Inclusive Hiking Vacations, which include comfortable accommodations, three delicious meals of your choice and a full day of adventure, consisting of a guided hike followed by a picnic lunch. Afternoon adventures offer a variety of options such as kayaking, either on a lake or flat-water river; a caving trip; or a sightseeing excursion to a local village or attraction. After a day of exploring, relax in the outdoor pool, head to the sauna or unwind with some massage therapy. In the evening, dine on the deck with a glass of wine while enjoying your view of Vermont’s second highest mountain.

Our All-Inclusive Hiking Vacations are very flexible, to suit all ability levels. You can turn it up one day and go on an advanced hike, and the next day take it easy with a beginner hike. ATA customizes each guest’s experience; hikes can be as long or as short as guests wish. Having a guide in front and rear enables some hikers on the same hike to go fast, while some go more slowly.

We are well known for our hiking vacations tailored to all fitness abilities. We start with hikes appropriate for your current level of fitness and progressively challenge you at the right intensity. You will become stronger, feel better and are amazed at what you have seen and accomplished by the end of your vacation. We excel at taking you from where you are to the next level of wellness and beyond. ATA’s non-clinical approach uses Vermont’s mountains, waterways, clean air and lush greenery instead of an exercise room or tent. We give you a vacation you will never forgot, including life-changing experience that you carry back home.

If you’ve always been fascinated by New England’s fall foliage, join us on a fall hiking vacation. Come to watch Vermont’s Green Mountains transform as Mother Nature works her artistry, coloring the mountainsides with brilliant oranges, reds, and yellows mixed between the evergreen trees. The fall foliage season is from late September into the first couple of weeks of October, with peak colors traditionally appearing the first week in October.

ATA founder and guide John Keough with mascot Aeolus

Besides supplying adventure, fun and a true Vermont vacation, ATA is an awarded winning, affordable hiking spa, fitness, wellness, weight loss and hiking vacation destination. ATA has a one of kind hiking vacation program in the country. Catering to guests from around the country and the world seeking a hiking vacation, mini-wellness vacation, a jump-starting getaway to help break bad habits or a weight loss retreat.

How long do hikers vacation with Appalachian Trail Adventures?

It all depends on their vacation needs. We have some traveling through New England stopping for a quick visit, others driving or flying to us staying an extending time, allowing to see the most Vermont has to offer.

Take a mini hiking vacation for a two- or three-day weekend filled with outdoor adventure and fun times. Come enjoy Vermont’s Green Mountains beautiful scenery and fresh air, as well as indulging with massage therapy and delicious cuisine on a stress-reducing getaway.
Truly relax our wellness hiking vacation spending five days to a week exploring all that Vermont has to see, the extra time really allows you to hike a variety of trails, kayak on different lakes and rivers, including visiting more sightseeing attractions. Bedsides extended vacations help you break bad habits, jump starting a new changed lifestyle you can take back home. While allowing you to get stronger, de-stress and lose weight if desired.
Our extended hiking vacations visit for over a week, with some staying ten nights and longer. Although demand is small, we still receive a fair amount request each season for an extend hiking vacation exploring the upmost that Vermont has to see. While allowing you to get even stronger, de-stress more and lose more weight if desired.

HIKING VACATIONS WE PROVIDE

HIKING VACATIONS

ATA’s Hiking Vacation is ideal for those guests seeking to have hiking as their core activity while on vacation. We offer personalized hiking and kayaking adventures in a small group setting while exploring Vermont. Vacations consist of accommodations at the North Star Inn with a country breakfast, and a guided half- or full-day hike for all ability levels. (Half-day hikes are followed with a picnic lunch at a scenic site.) For afternoon adventures, you have a variety of options, such as discovering Vermont’s pristine waterways by kayak on a lake or a flat-water river. For the more adventurous, ATA offers a caving trip. What better way to go underground than to explore a cave, led by ATA owner John Keough, who discovered New England’s largest cave? For the less adventurous, take a sightseeing tour to a quaint New England village, such as Woodstock, or visit an attraction, such as the Vermont Country Store, the 1881 Corn Maze, world-famous Cabot Cheese, Quechee Gorge, a local brewery, the New England Maple Museum and much more.

To finish off your true Vermont vacation, enjoy a massage before or after having a delicious dinner cooked at the locals’ favorite restaurant, the Foundry on the Summit Pond. There you can dine on the deck with a glass of wine while viewing Killington Peak, Vermont’s second highest mountain.

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FAMILY AND FRIENDS HIKING VACATION

The Family and Friends Hiking Vacation require everyone to participate in the same morning hike and afternoon activity, which is a choice of hiking, kayaking, caving or a sightseeing excursion. For example, all family or group members must participate in the same hike, then after a picnic lunch, the entire family or group participate in kayaking. Some member(s) cannot go caving or on an excursion while others go kayaking.

Hiking guide gratuities are not included nor mandatory, but appreciated. The prices include accommodations with three daily meals; a guided half- or full-day hike for all abilities; and an afternoon of kayaking, caving or sightseeing. Massages ($85.00+) and yoga classes ($30.00 per person, minimum of two people required) are available à la carte.

PEAK BAGGER HIKING VACATION

ATA’s Peak Bagger Hiking Vacation is for those hikers who want the opportunity to hike all five of Vermont’s 4,000-foot mountains, the Appalachian Trail and the Long Trail, the oldest long-distance hiking trail in the country. Those who summit all five of Vermont’s 4,000-footers are awarded a certificate of accomplishment. In the hiking community, this accomplishment is referred to as peak bagging.

For fast-paced hikers we recommend 7 nights; for intermediate hikers who have a taste for adventure and want to summit Vermont’s 4,000-footers at their own pace, we recommend 7-10 nights. The rate for the Peak Bagger Vacation is an additional one-time charge of $300.00 per person for any length of stay, on top of ATA’s regular Hiking Vacation rates. Disclaimer: Due to weather, some summits may have zero visibility.

2019 Peak Bagger Dates: TBA. Please note the Peak Bagger Vacation is available anytime by special request; however, rates may vary.

HIKING, PADDLE AND YOGA RETREAT

ATA’s Hiking, Paddle and Yoga Retreat will show you around one of New England’s treasures, the Green Mountains of Vermont. Yoginis and hikers of all skill levels are welcome to join this all-inclusive yoga retreat.

Each yoga class is designed to open your body, loosen your joints and ease tension. Delicious meals nourish and sustain you, while meditation and yoga take you to a deep state of inner peace. This isn’t a typical, strict, back-to-back yoga retreat, but more of a yogic holiday escape―so feel free to indulge in a dessert or a glass of wine as well! Be as relaxed or as active as you like during your vacation with optional activities such as silent walks, kayaking, caving, private yoga sessions or massage therapy. Share your love of yoga with a friend, too; inviting a friend is a great way to discover the practice of yoga.

The Hiking, Paddle and Yoga Retreat dates are to be determined. Contact John for more information; though he might be out leading a tour, so please leave a message.