Hiking the Appalachian Trail through the Blue Ridge Mountains takes people through thick forests and across grassy ...

Hikers on the Appalachian Trail use phones and tablets to share the experience with the world, but technology is presenting ...

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

The Appalachian Trail Conservancy—the nonprofit that supports the United States’ most iconic footpath—turns 100 this year. To ...

Clarksburg Visitors Center and the Marion County Convention and Visitors Bureau released the West Virginia Pepperoni Roll ...

A Colorado thru-hiker has established a new long-distance trail that traverses the northern part of Colorado for almost 500 ...

The trail was originally part of the Appalachian Trail until the 1970s, now, members of the Johnson County Trails Association are hoping to restore and reclassify it as a multi-use trail to allow ...

“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 ...

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 ...

Ahead of the busy summer hiking season, funding freezes and mass layoffs also are disrupting repairs on the East Coast's Appalachian Trail after nearly 500 miles (800 kilometers) were damaged by ...

ERWIN, Tenn. (WJHL) — A group of local business owners and the Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC) launched a free ferry service on Monday intended to help hikers on the Appalachian Trail (A.T ...

Four different West Virginia visitors centers teamed up to launch a digital passport that allows residents and visitors to ...