If the ATC were seeking to protect the Appalachian Trail now, it’s clear that funding would not be forthcoming. If it can’t ...

Once upon a time deciding to make a thru-hike of the Appalachian National Scenic Trail might have meant getting away from it ...

You don’t have to hike 12 miles over a High Sierra mountain pass to be a trail angel — but we did, and it was magical.

Bartholomew Consolidated School Corp. board member Dale Nowlin is on the final stretch of his fundraising trek this summer, hiking the Appalachian Trail to benefit the Bartholomew Consolidated School ...

Midway up the Appalachian Trail, a little country store in Gardners, Pennsylvania, invites hikers to take on an additional challenge: eating a half-gallon of ice cream in one sitting.

His youngest son, who'd hiked the first few weeks with him, flew out to hike the last couple of weeks with him. On Oct. 15, they reached the end of the Appalachian Trail, on Mount Katahdin in Maine.

What is "trail magic"? You might hear hikers talk about it, especially on long hikes like the Appalachian Trail. Learn more ...