Hiking the Appalachian Trail can be done in about 5 million steps. Here's how long the trail is in miles and how many months it would take to hike.

The Appalachian Trail Conservancy has just released the results of its 2024 thru-hiking survey, which polled 747 hikers from last year. According to the numbers, the average AT thru-hiker is 46 ...

Whether you have a long weekend or just a long day, you can get your Appalachian Trail fix without quitting your job. The AT is replete with dayhikes and short backpacking trips that can give you ...

In undertaking a thru-hike of the 2,189.2-mile Appalachian Trail — that is, end to end, rather than in sections — we were called upon to risk life and limb over treacherous mountains, slippery ...

The Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC) is discouraging people from attempting to hike the entire 2,190-mile trail -- called thru-hiking -- and has said it will not recognize attempted thru-hikes ...

Appalachian Trail thru-hikers — the intrepid outdoor adventurers who attempt a one-shot, end-to-end hike of the 2,190-mile trail from Georgia to Maine each year — should postpone their ...

All this may sound alarmist, a caveat emptor of preemptive self-pity for the prospective thru-hiker. It’s not. The Appalachian Trail remains the happiest and hardest span of my life, and, at ...

As a 33-year-old transgender woman, Lyla "Sugar" Harrod wasn't sure it would be safe for her to hike the Appalachian Trail when she set out in the spring of 2021. She knew she would encounter the ...

Thru-hiking is the ultimate backpacking adventure, taking athletes hundreds or thousands of miles. Popular thru-hikes like the Appalachian Trail and Pacific Crest Trail entice thousands of people ...

Camping-Hiking Appalachian Trail thru-hikers won't be recognized this year over coronavirus concerns ATC won’t distribute hangtags until the coronavirus pandemic is ‘under control’ ...