Events

Join GMF, GOA Architecture, the Yale Building Lab and students from the Yale School of Architecture to discover how architects and foresters are pioneering regenerative construction technologies that minimize environmental impact while supporting healthy forests.

The Icebox Gravel is a 30-mile ride of mostly gravel roads. The Tour-de-Forest is a 13-mile ride with an even mix of gravel and paved roads. All roads are very rural, scenic and, for the most part, very lightly traveled.

As autumn paints Great Mountain Forest in brilliant shades of red, orange, gold, and green, take a peaceful drive through the forest and enjoy the beauty of the changing season. From 9 a.m.–5 p.m. on Friday, October 23, and Saturday, October 24, visitors are invited to explore the forest by car, with opportunities to stop and enjoy the scenery at McMullen Pond, Potter’s Corner, and along our many trails and natural areas. Please enter through the East Gate and follow the designated one-way route through the forest to the West Gate. Take your time, enjoy the fall colors, and experience the sights and sounds of Great Mountain Forest!

Explore sugarbush strategies that balance maple production with forest health and bird conservation with Rosa Goldman of Audubon Connecticut and Kate Regan-Loomis of Great Mountain Forest.

William G. (Bill) Robbins reflects on his first experiences in forestry at Great Mountain Forest in 1958 and his later work in Oregon as a choker setter and fire-crew foreman. Drawing on his career as an environmental historian and distinguished professor at Oregon State University, Robbins explores the connections among his family, Edward C. Childs, Great Mountain Forest, Oregon State University, and Starker Forests, Inc. He is the author of numerous books on forestry, the Pacific Northwest, and environmental history.