Repairs to the worst-hit sections of the famed trail are expected to be extraordinarily expensive and require substantial ...

Introducing your child to adventure sports does not need to be a massive undertaking. Doing so can be as simple as watching climbing movies, swimming in wild lo ...

Homer’s unstoppable spirit on the Triple CrownAs we moved further into Virginia, the Shenandoah was in our sights. Frank ...

This creates more flexibility in planning a trip just for you and your group. If you want to break up a section of trail even more, this is an easy way to do it if you’ve got the time. Thru-hiking the ...

Some of the most well-known thru-hiking trails in the United States include the Appalachian Trail (2,198 miles) and the Pacific Crest Trail (2,650 miles). Because these trails are particularly ...

Tara Dower smashed Karel Sabbe’s AT record by over twelve hours. Here’s what it took to keep up the pace for over 40 days.

“We’re probably going to become much more involved with the maintenance of the Appalachian Trail,” Wise said. The club’s ...

On a mountaintop mantled in moss and nearly century-old red spruce, the Appalachian Trail now simply ... officials hope the annual thru-hiking season — in which folks start at Springer Mountain ...

The Appalachian Trail is viewable from Uncle Johnny's Nolichucky Hostel in Erwin. In fact, the trail passes right in front of ...

Since then, she has hiked more than 15,000 miles on long trails and once held the women’s unassisted speed record on the Appalachian ... magazine’s online Thru-Hiking 101 class and wrote ...

The tragedy happened two weeks after another tree stuck and killed Beth Skelley, 56, as she slept in her tent on the Colorado Trail. Falling timber killed a hiker on the Appalachian Trail in 2015 ...

Quite unlike thru-hikes along the Appalachian Trail and Pacific Crest Trail, one continues along elevations averaging around 10,300 feet. One continues through lush meadows splashed with ...