Four legendary long-distance backpackers share their favorite training hikes to prepare for weeks or months of thru-hiking.

The Appalachian Trail Conservancy’s thru-hike registrations are down by nearly 30% compared to this time last year—and a look at last season reveals a potential reason why.

A survey polled over 700 thru-hikers to ask who they are, what they spent, what they used, and more. The results are ...

Her family has lived in Hot Springs for five generations. Just as crucial are the twin tasks of revitalizing Hot Springs’ deluged downtown and letting prospective Appalachian Trail thru-hikers know ...

This interview first appeared in Path Finders, an email newsletter from the Daily Yonder. Each week, Path Finders features a Q&A with a ...

The owner of popular Appalachian Trail stopover Uncle Johnny’s Hostel is happy the Appalachian Trail Conservancy has crafted ...

Thru-hiking is when hikers walk the entire length of the trail at one time, something often attempted along the better-appointed Appalachian Trail, but still largely a new thing on the Buckeye ...

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 ...

“If one follows the entire path of the Buckeye Trail ... “they would hike through local, state and national parks, past lakes in the Muskingum River watershed, through the Appalachian ...

the most common wildlife sighting and a host of other interesting stats A survey of thru-hikers on America’s famous Pacific Crest Trail reveals that the cost to complete the 2,650-mile route has more ...