Can a committed indoor type finally fall for the great outdoors? With zero camping experience, our writer joined a beginner ...

The first time Tara Dower set out to thru-hike the Appalachian Trail ... hiked the roughest stretches of the trail, at times, through tears. But her company and the beauty of the trail kept ...

A woman recently ran the entire length of the Appalachian Trail, beating the fastest known time by 13 hours. Tara Dower, a 31-year-old professional runner, recently ran the roughly 2,200-mile ...

Winding its way from Maine to Georgia, the Appalachian Trail (also known as the AT) spans 2,190 miles through 14 states. About 323 of those miles are found in North Carolina, including 226.6 miles ...

As floodwaters roared through remote mountain communities of Western North Carolina, locals raced against time to save each other.

On a mountaintop mantled in moss and nearly century-old red spruce, the Appalachian Trail now simply disappears ... they resupply food or switch out gear. They represent an important part of ...

On a brisk October morning, with 20 pounds of gear on my back ... my weekend hiking 10 miles in two days along the Appalachian Trail’s Kittatinny Ridge in New Jersey. Even more remarkable?

It’s right here in the U.S., passing through the eastern Appalachian Mountains. The elevation gain of the Appalachian Trail alone is ... and carrying winter gear through Virginia.

The Appalachian Trail stretches from Maine to Georgia, totaling more than 2,100 miles through 14 states. Shenandoah National Park's stretch of the trail predates the park and originally ran the ...