A man arrested in Tennessee last month for allegedly threatening hikers along the Appalachian Trail now is charged in connection with a fatal stabbing attack that killed one person and severely ...

Hikers on the trail enjoy nature and create a community. When a threatening 30-year-old joined them last month in North Carolina, word spread quickly.

More than 830 people completed the 2,189-mile hike last year, up from just 182 in 1990, according to the Appalachian Trail Conservancy, based in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.

More than 830 people completed the 2,189-mile hike last year, up from just 182 in 1990, according to the Appalachian Trail Conservancy, based in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.

ABINGDON, Va. (CBS/AP) — A federal judge has ordered a psychiatric evaluation for a Massachusetts man accused of killing one hiker and severely injuring another on the Appalachian Trail in ...

Last year, hikers’ packs averaged 33.9 pounds, or, as the ATC put it, ”an average 3.5-year-old boy or a full-grown English cocker spaniel.” While not a huge difference, that’s a decline of ...

Two stranded hikers and their dog had to be carried off the Appalachian Trail late Sunday, April 3, according to Wintergreen Fire & Rescue in Virginia. Both hikers were hospitalized, but details ...

Two stranded hikers and their dog had to be carried off the Appalachian Trail late Sunday, April 3, according to Wintergreen Fire & Rescue in Virginia. Both hikers were hospitalized, but details ...

BAXTER STATE PARK, Maine – When Jackson Spencer set out to tackle the Appalachian Trail, he anticipated the solitude that only wilderness can bring — not a rolling, monthslong frat party ...