CRAG-VT CRAG-VT CRAG-VT (Climbing Resource Access Group Vermont) is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 organization dedicated to preserving access and conservation of Vermont's rock and ice climbing resources. It is an Access Fund Local Climber Organization (LCO). On September 25, 2018, CRAG-VT signed a purchase agreement for The Bolton Dome. The Bolton Dome was once the area's most popular climbing spot in the 1970s and 1980s, but it was closed in 1993 due to a conflict between the rock climbers and the land owner. CRAG-VT purchased the entire 48-acre parcel in 2018, including the 2-acre house site that was subdivided and sold. A
VT-86 2002, VT-86 suffered a fatal mishap when two T-39 aircraft collided while conducting training over the Gulf of Mexico. All students and instructors in both aircraft, a total of seven personnel, were killed. In January 2006, a T-39 from VT-86 crashed along a mountain ridgeline while conducting low level training in northwest Georgia and in April 2010, another T-39 from VT-86 crashed while conducting low level training near Fannin County, Georgia. There were no survivors in either mishap. On November 4, 2013, a T-45C assigned to VT-86 crashed at NAS Pensacola. The student and instructor survived and were taken to