Floodwaters from the remnants of Hurricane Helene took out a bridge over the Nolichucky River, severing two sections of the ...

Last year, legendary thru-hiker Jack “Quadzilla” Jones attempted to hike the AT for a grand. Here’s how he fared—and the ...

In this 1981 narrative from the Backpacker archives, Jeffrey Cogswell relates the story of a family hike up the Appalachian Trail with his and his wife’s six-year-old son, Michael, in tow. It’s a ...

The trail covers more than 500 miles in Virginia, passing through several communities where hikers can take some time off, ...

"It's a very, very dicey walk," local resident Terry Wise told WJHL11. Thankfully, volunteers and officials from the Appalachian Trail Conservancy have found a solution: a ferry. Instead of hiking ...

CAMPO, Calif. (AP) — Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail is a challenge, especially for adventurers making the entire run from ...

“But choose that little with care.” Shaffer was a World War II veteran, who, in 1948, became the first person to walk the entire Appalachian Trail. He was so picky about gear that he ditched ...

The walking is good and so are the views ... the other by day and sleeping in a different place each night. The Appalachian Trail experience is powerful, and often difficult to understand for ...

They believe the Pioneer Trail — with more than 12 miles connecting recreation areas along Black Creek in Jennings State ...

Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail is a challenge ... Only a fraction are thru-hikers, a term for those who walk the trails from end to end. Many don’t succeed and several people have died trying.