Helene devastated two iconic hiking trails in Western NC. When will they reopen?
The Appalachian Trail and the Mountains-to-Sea Trail are closed to hikers, as recovery from Hurricane Helene continues.
Hiking the Appalachian Trail often takes 6 months. She did it in 40 days.
Tara Dower, 31, set the record for the fastest supported run of the Appalachian Trail by completing the roughly 2,200-mile ...
Woman, 33, Slips and Injures Leg While Hiking Alone. Then Rescuers Carried Her for Over 4 Miles
However, upon her descent from Mount Lincoln towards Mount Lafayette, Meier slipped and injured her lower leg, authorities ...
Hikers urged to avoid parts of Appalachian Trail after Helene damage
Hikers are urged to avoid northbound mile 0.0 on Georgia’s Springer Mountain to mile 864.6 in Rockfish Gap, Virginia, ...
Did Hurricane Helene Really Destroy One-Third of the Appalachian Trail?
Our hiking columnist phoned up experts along the iconic pathway to get a sense of the destruction left by Hurricane Helene ...
The New York Times11d
After Helene’s ‘Historic’ Damage, Appalachian Trail May Need Years to Recover
“Nobody can hike the Appalachian Trail without these communities,” said Gary Sizer, who hiked the trail in 2014 and wrote the ...
PLANetizen4d
Hikers Take Solace: The Appalachian Trail Will Survive Hurricane Helene
Despite concerns and closures in the wake of Hurricane Helene, most of the trail appears to have suffered minor damage.
The Washington Post13d
Hiking the Appalachian Trail often takes 6 months. She did it in 40 days.
The first time Tara Dower set out to thru-hike the Appalachian Trail, in 2017, she had a panic attack. She felt alone and overwhelmed just eight days after setting off from the trail’s southern ...
Woman hiking alone slips and gets stuck on frigid trail in 80-mph winds, NH rescuers say
A woman was hiking by herself when she slipped, leaving her injured and stuck in the midst of 80 mile per hour winds, New ...
CBS19 News6d
Officials no longer discouraging hiking on part of Appalachian Trail
The Appalachian Trail Conservancy, the U.S. Forest Service and the National Park Service have stopped discouraging hiking on ...