For the estimated 1,200 to 1,400 Appalachian Trail hikers who pass by it each spring and summer, the ‘trail blaze’ is one of a kind. “This signifies a change in trail direction,” says ...

Unsure which way to turn, I scan tree trunks and rock faces for the signature Appalachian Trail (AT) blaze. Approximately 165,000 of these six-inch- tall white blazes mark the 2,190-plus miles of ...

Jelesko, a Fralin Life Science Institute-affiliated faculty member, and his team stopped at every “white blaze” marker along a 60-mile segment of the Appalachian Trail to catalogue and tag ...

CALL ME HARLEY: After selling his house, most of his possessions and quitting his job, 58-year-old Henry Wasserman, under trail-name Harley, began his Appalachian ... every white blaze on the ...

The Appalachian Trail, which runs through 14 eastern states, is 1.2 miles longer for 2022, including a half-mile increase in Pennsylvania. Hikers completing the entire trail this year will have ...

White Mountain forest staff then worked with the Appalachian Trail Conservancy to blaze a detour that avoids the river crossing. On its website, the conservancy encourages thru-hikers looking to ...

The fire started late Wednesday morning in a remote location along the Appalachian Trail, officials said. Staff from the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection’s Macedonia Brook ...