We packed just enough, and the map clearly marked water sources. We planned to get to them before we ran out of water. But with our heavy packs, my husband and I hiked more slowly than our 13- and ...

UNAKA MOUNTAIN, Tenn. — On a mountaintop mantled in moss and nearly century-old red spruce, the Appalachian Trail now simply disappears. For lengthy stretches, it lies under tangles of trees ...

This map shows rainfall from Helene and in the days preceding the storm that combined to create disastrous flooding. Helene rainfall map: See rain totals around southern Appalachian Mountains Skip ...

HANDOUT PHOTO: The American flag flies from the ridge above Greenville Lake, NY, on November 8, 2024. (Rusty Foster) Rusty Foster is partway through a planned six-month hike of the Appalachian ...

Hiking the Appalachian Trail through the Blue Ridge Mountains takes people through thick forests and across grassy mountaintop balds. This year it also includes a short boat ride. Floodwaters from ...

The Boonsboro Appalachian Trail Community is hosting a meet-and-greet event on Thursday, June 12. According to a community announcement, the event will take place at Pathfinder Farm Distillery, 14 ...

Somewhere after 2 p.m. on a sunny Wednesday in mid-March, the chaotic wind of a descending helicopter whipped the calm skies above the Appalachian Trail near Icewater Spring Shelter.

The 2,100-mile Appalachian Trail includes 900,000 vertical feet of climbing, and just about one in four people who set off on the trail actually finishes it. Skip to main content.

A professional runner from Colorado recently completed the 2,189-mile Appalachian Trail in a record 40 days time. She told Fox News Digital about her experience.

On a hurricane-ravaged Appalachian Trail, vast damage and uncertainty Oct. 28, 2024 Updated Mon., Oct. 28, 2024 at 12:22 p.m. Trail markers, called “blazes,” are essential guides for A.T ...