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About the Company
Vermont Adventure
Tours is a part of the Green
Mountain Rock Climbing Center, which has been around since 1997.
The businesses are located in the city of Rutland, at the "cross-roads"
of Vermont. The Green Mountain Rock Climbing center and Vermont
Adventure Tours are owned by Steven and Sherry Lulek. Steve
has dedicated his life to adventure and with his wife Sherry, they
pass on their own passion for the outdoor world to everyone around
them.
The company currently
employs two full time managers and a part-time staff of 4-20 people.
Since Steve and Sherry purchased the business in 2002, the business
has grown rapidly. Originally only a rock and ice guide service,
the company has grown into a full time adventure company specializing
in rock and ice climbing, mountain biking, paddling, survival education,
wilderness first aid, and alpine mountaineering.
The Area
We primarily run trips in the Central and
Smuggler's Notch regions of Vermont. Central Vermont
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Chittenden Reservoir
from a view on the Long Trail |
offers some of the most
diverse, beautiful, and exciting terrain in the state. There
are two major rock-climbing cliffs, a dozen or so ice climbing
crags, miles of mountain bike trails in all ability levels, several
lakes, remote ponds, rivers, and the rest...is surrounded by the beautiful
Green Mountains. Most destination are under an hour drive, which
means time can be spend enjoying the activity instead of spending
half of your day driving. Smuggler's Notch offers some of the
best rock and ice climbing terrain in New England, as well as an excellent
training ground for mountaineering. "The Notch" as locals call
it, is located adjacent to Mount Mansfield, Vermont tallest mountain.
With all this in mind, both areas also offer excellent amenities including some
of the best food and lodging the state has to offer.
The Staff
The
staff at Green Mountain Rock Climbing and Vermont Adventure Tours
are dedicated to
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Our 2005 Winter
Instructor Course: We evaluate our guides' skills prior
to each season to ensure safe and efficient products for
our customers. |
serving you, our guest. We have
some of the most highly trained staff in the country, including AMGA
certified rock and ice climbing instructors, Orvis approved fly fishing
guides, survival experts, and Wilderness First Aid Instructors. All
staff working in the outdoors are required to maintain their Wilderness
First Aid and CPR certifications. We provide seasonal in-house
training to all of our instructors, and strongly encourage staff to
continue their professional development through outside organizations.
We all fully insured for all the activities we offer and also hold
state and federal land-use permits for both the Green Mountain National
Forest and all Vermont State Lands.
About the Trips and Programs
we offer
Vermont Adventure Tours offer private
guided trips, pre-scheduled courses with open enrollment, and group
programs. All of our courses and activities can be custom-designed
to the customer or group. Customers frequently find that we
will easily adapt to fit their needs. Different activities
can be combined to form multi-day trips, or multi-event programs.
We easily accommodate large groups with advance notice.
Lastly, if you are interested in an activity or trip that you don't
see listed on the web site, please contact us to inquire.
A Word About the
Dangers of Adventure Activities
All Adventure related activities involve
risk. We take every step possible to minimize those risks.
Our instructors are highly trained professionals, certified in Wilderness
First Aid and technical skills. Even so, accidents that result in
injury or death are possible. Please be informed of these
risks by reading our liability waiver. Even if you don't go with
us, please seek qualified instruction.
Meet our Instructors:
Steve
Lulek
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Co-Owner
with his wife Sherry
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11
years experience at the Army's Mountain Warfare School
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SOLO
Wilderness Medicine Instructor
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Wilderness
First Responder
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Adjunct
Professor at Castleton State College
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Facilitates
Therapeutic Recreation Programs
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Director of Indoor
Programs
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B.S. in Adventure
Recreation
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Outdoor experience
since 1992
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Wilderness First
Aid Certified
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Leave No Trace
Trainer
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Lifeguard
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Long-term Camping
and backpacking experience
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Eagle Scout since
1998
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Josh Hardt
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Josh
Hardt, early morning on the Grand Teton preparing for
a snowboard decent |
- Wilderness
Living and Survival Expert
- Certified
Wilderness First Responder
- Avalanche
Level 1 Certification
- AMGA Top Rope
Site Manager Certification
- Experience
in Alaskan, Teton, and Cascade Ski/Snowboard Mountaineering
- SCS Canoe/Kayak
Certification
- Former Alaskan
Expeditionary Sea Kayaking Guide
- Northern forest
flora and fauna expert
- Trout Fishing
Enthusiast
- Former Wilderness
Therapy Case Manager
- Outdoor
Education Coordinator for Otter Valley High School
Jeff
Stephenson
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Photo: Sean O'Connor
-Roundtree Enterprises
Jeff on the
first ascent of Still an Unnamed Climb, at
a local cliff. |
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Lead
Instructor
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AMGA
Certified Top Rope Site Manager
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Wilderness
First Responder
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Climbing
since 1992
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Guide
training with AMGA guides
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Jeff
enjoys climbing rock, ice, and anything else. In his spare
time he enjoys both mountain and road biking.
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Bob Timmer
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Bob climbing in
Yosemite, CA |
- Rock and Ice Climbing Instructor
- AMGA Certified Rock Instructor
- Certified Wilderness First
Responder
- Climbing Experience in Joshua
Tree, and Yosemite, CA. Across the United States and Pakistan,
France, Austria, The Yukon, British Columbia, and Puerto
Rico.
- Instructor at the Army
National Guard Mountain Warfare School (Full Time)
- Many first-ascents of Ice Climbs
through-out New England
- Un-repeated ascents of climbs
in Smuggler's Notch, VT
- Developed many local-climbing
areas including: Bear Notch, Secret Squirrel, and Devil's
Gulch.
- Bob's passion for climbing
and the outdoors is only exceeded by the love for his family.
Bob, his wife Cathy, and their two boys, Jacob Mychl 14,
and Joshua Tree 9, live in an authentic log home that they
built by hand. When Bob isn't working, you're likely to
find him at Smuggler's Notch with his family and two dogs.
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Alex
Sargent
- Rock and Ice
Climbing Instructor
- AMGA Certified
Rock Instructor
- Certified Wilderness
First Responder
- Experience
in international mountaineering expeditions
- Many first-assents
of ice climbs in Smuggler's Notch, VT
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Burt Severen
- Rock and Ice Climbing
Instructor
- AMGA Certified Rock Instructor
- Certified Wilderness
First Responder
- Experience in international
mountaineering expeditions
- Many first-assents of
ice climbs in Smuggler's Notch, VT
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Dustin Deerborn 
- Rock/Ice Climbing Instructor
- Wilderness Emergency Medical
Technician
- Attended AMGA Rock Instructor
Course
- B.A. in Outdoor Education
- Instructor at the Army National
Guard Mountain Warfare School
- AIARE Level 2 Avalanche Certified
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Tim Grover
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Tim Paddling
his way to rock climb in Willsboro Bay |
- Rock Climbing Instructor
- Wilderness First Aid
- Paddling Instructor
- Climbing since 1990
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Nicole Lulek
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Nicole,
training indoors |
- Assistant
Instructor
- Wilderness
First Aid Certified
- Certified
Lifeguard
- LNT
Trainer
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