Stretching from Richmond to Castro Valley, the nearly 60-year-old East Bay Skyline Trail covers over 30 miles of some of the ...

Some Appalachian Trail hikers try Walking with all 5 senses ... from the park’s entrance and about 14 miles into the southbound hike. Reservations are required and must be made 48 hours in ...

Franklin resident James Flannery is preparing for a 100-mile run across part of the Appalachian ... he's planning a rare southbound route, which will take him across the trail's highest elevation ...

Sam Cooper had just trekked 7 miles (11 kilometers) through a rain-sodden stretch of the Appalachian Trail when he sat down ...

Franklin resident James Flannery will run 100 miles of the Appalachian Trail ... said he's planning a rare southbound route, which will take him across the trail's highest elevation gains in ...

I am a big fan of women walking in the woods.” This summer, she will return to the Appalachian Trail for her third thru-hike, traveling southbound from Maine to Georgia. To help fund the expedition, ...

Every year, more than 3,000 people attempt to hike the entire Appalachian Trail, but only one in four complete the 2,200-mile footpath, according to the Appalachian Trail Conservancy. Millions ...

Mills Kelly did not set out to write a book about the Appalachian Trail ... “At the end of the hiking season in 1952, they pulled down all the old trail markers,” Kelly told me.

Vermont’s third-highest peak, Camel’s Hump (4,083 feet), is the most recognized in the state. Its isolated height and ...

The North Carolina section offers many of the Appalachian Trail's highest peaks, several above 6,000 feet. Hiking enthusiasts can set out on a multiday or weeklong journey (keep in mind that you ...