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Word from the Smokies: All hands on deck to rehab a rugged and beloved Appalachian Trail section
National Trails Day is June 7 and volunteers are needed to help install logs on an AT trail near Icewater Spring Shelter.
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The Appalachian Trail in New Hampshire just got easier, as another debate looms over replacing structures in wilderness areas
Hiking the Appalachian Trail through New Hampshire will get a little easier this year as the U.S. Forest Service faces a ...
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Hiking the Appalachian Trail often takes 6 months. She did it in 40 days.
The first time Tara Dower set out to thru-hike the Appalachian Trail, in 2017, she had a panic attack. She felt alone and overwhelmed just eight days after setting off from the trail’s southern ...
The Allegheny Front1d
Grandma Gatewood’s epic Appalachian Trail hike
In 1955, 67-year old Emma "Grandma" Gatewood became the first woman solo thru-hiker on the Appalachian Trail. She would go on ...
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Sections of NC’s Appalachian Trail and Mountains-to-Sea Trail finally reopen after Helene
The Appalachian Trail Conservancy regularly updates its interactive map showing the status of the trail. The U.S. Forest Service also updates trail information through the web page for the ...
Hiking the Appalachian Trail in GA? This is the best place to jump on the trail, expert says
A report has released the best trails in each state, along the 2,197 miles of the Appalachian Trail. Here is where to hop on the trail in Georgia.
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Hiker Provides Background About Appalachian Trail
ANDOVER - The Appalachian Trail (A.T.), a 2,197.4-mile hiking-only trail, stretching from Springer Mountain in Georgia to ...
The Washington Post9mon
Types of people you meet on the Appalachian Trail (who are not trees)
Rusty and Mica Foster after completing the 100-Mile Wilderness section of the Appalachian Trail in Maine, with a sign warning hikers to carry at least 10 days’ worth of food. (Rusty Foster ...