The trail runs along the Tennessee/North Carolina border for approximately 220 additional miles, according to The Appalachian Trail Conservancy, a nonprofit organization formed in 1925 that ...

This unique hike from within the North Carolina stretch of the Appalachian Mountains is a must-visit for experienced hikers.

Perched high in the Blue Ridge Mountains is the quirky college town of Boone, which at only a 3-hour’s drive from us in ...

The U.S. Forest Service has cleared 137 miles of trails, including over 114 miles of the Appalachian Trail. Crews have also surveyed and reopened about 240 miles of roads across the district.

The destruction from Helene is widespread across the trail’s 1,050 miles of main and side paths in Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia, including an estimated 300 miles of ...

Thousands of Appalachian Trail "thru-hikers" start their journeys north along the 2,200-mile-long trail, starting in Georgia and ending at Mount Katahdin, Maine. Hot Springs is a major stop.

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 ...

Drew “Birdman” Glines, an Appalachian Trail thru-hiker, rafting guide, and North Carolina local told Backpacker that the “devastation” inflicted on riverside communities was hard to describe.

Mike Rayder is the author of “Altered On the Appalachian Trail.” He is now retired, living in the mountains of Western North Carolina with his wife Donna and dog Max.

Tara Dower (pictured here) ran the Appalachian Trail in 40 days, beating the fastest known time by roughly 13 hours. Facebook / Tara Dower “It was 40 days, and there’s just so much to ...