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

About 3,000 people attempt the entire distance of the 2,198-mile Appalachian Trail every year. Only 1 in 4 make it. It took ...

The Appalachian Trail stretches from Maine to Georgia ... They also praise the numerous places to pull over and swap drivers, snap photos or enjoy the panoramic views of the Shenandoah Valley.

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 ...

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 ...

Winding its way from Maine to Georgia, the Appalachian Trail (also known as the AT) spans 2,190 miles through 14 states. About 323 of those miles are found in North Carolina, including 226.6 miles ...

Have you been interested in hiking the Appalachian Trail but you don't have the time or interest to hike the whole trail at ...

The elevation gain of the Appalachian Trail alone is enough to frighten off prospective hikers – it’s the equivalent of climbing Mt. Everest 16 times. Still, more than 3,000 people attempt to ...

Gerry Gomez and Frank Worrell sit in an open ... in a parade through the streets of Melbourne• Feb 20, 1961 •Getty Images ...

On a mountaintop mantled in moss and nearly century-old red spruce, the Appalachian Trail now simply disappears ... logging observations and photos with GPS coordinates into a special app while ...