The ATC's annual long-distance hiker survey shows hikers like their alone time, and some could learn a lesson about proper ...

CUMBERLAND COUNTY, Pa. — The 2,197-mile Appalachian Trail, which runs from Georgia to Maine, celebrated its centennial in March. FOX43 featured the history of the trail and how hikers and other ...

Each year, only about one out of every four hikers who set out to complete the Appalachian Trail reaches that goal. A thru-hike means traversing nearly 2,200 miles, across 14 states, in a single ...

Last fall’s Hurricane Helene brought historic rainfall and record-breaking flooding across the Southeast. In the immediate aftermath, downed trees and destroyed bridges caused 430 miles of the famed ...

In American slang, “take a hike” is often used to tell someone to go away. But as the Appalachian Trail Conservancy celebrates its 100th anniversary, the organization is working to reframe the phrase ...

UNICOI COUNTY, Tenn. (AP) — In a rugged patch of the Appalachian Trail in eastern Tennessee, volunteers size up a massive, gnarled tree lying on its side. Its tangled web of roots and dark brown soil, ...

The day Betty Kellenberger hit a patch of freezing rain on Mount Madison, quitting crossed her mind. She was hungry, cold and sore. “You’re 80 years old,” she told herself in a pep talk atop a ...

CUMBERLAND COUNTY, Pa. — The Appalachian Trail Conservancy marked its 100th anniversary in March, celebrating a century of maintaining one of the world's most iconic hiking trails that spans 2,197 ...

The weekend rescue of a snowbound Boy Scout troop on the Appalachian Trail is serving as a reminder to take precautions on Central Virginia hiking routes as the weather turns warmer. The Chesapeake ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Hundreds of miles of the Appalachian Trail have reopened following nearly a year of restoration work after damage caused by Hurricane Helene. According to the Appalachian Land ...

In 1951, always an adventurer, he was the second person to walk the trail in a “thru-hike,” from Georgia to Maine, in an arduous 123 days. He later met the first to do so. By Richard Sandomir Gene ...