UNAKA MOUNTAIN, Tenn. - On a mountaintop mantled in moss and nearly century-old red spruce, the Appalachian Trail now simply ...

The Carolina Mountain Club and the Tennessee Eastman Hiking & Canoeing Club, whose volunteers maintain the Appalachian Trail in the national forests north of the Smokies, have started some of the ...

ERWIN, Tenn. (WJHL)—Every year, thousands of hikers take on the over 2,000-mile trek from Georgia to Maine on the Appalachian Trail. However, the damage caused by Hurricane Helene added an extra ...

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 ...

The North Carolina section offers many of the Appalachian Trail's highest peaks, several above 6,000 feet. Hiking enthusiasts can set out on a multiday or weeklong journey (keep in mind that you ...

Katahdin, Maine, at 9:02 a.m. on the morning of Friday, August 16, 2024. That marked the culmination of their 2,197.4 mile through-hike of the Appalachian Trail, having begun on February 4 at the ...

If you have time to hike or backpack a portion of the trail, recent hikers say that you'll be rewarded with memorable views of the park's wilderness, from foliage to animals. The Appalachian Trail ...

AFTON, Va. (CBS19 NEWS) -- Hikers can once again trek parts of the Appalachian Trail. The Appalachian Trail Conservancy, the U.S. Forest Service and the National Park Service have stopped discouraging ...

It follows the backbone of the Appalachian Mountains, an ancient expanse of rugged peaks, lush valleys, burbling streams, and ...