Crews of volunteers have been hard at work this fall building a new path for the Appalachian Trail in Carbon County.
Volunteers with the Appalachian Trail Conservancy’s mid-Atlantic Trail crew are cu...
State police announced around noon Thursday that a missing hiker was found deceased. They said there is no danger to the public.
Previously, state police at Fogelsville said they were searching for a...
The body of a Bucks County man who went missing while hiking on the Appalachian Trail was found Thursday afternoon.
His body was found at 12:30 p.m. along the Appalachian Trail in Lynn Township.
The b...
HARDWICK TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — A forest fire burning through a popular hiking area that is crossed by the Appalachian Trail and a major interstate highway was almost completely contained early Tuesday...
Fire companies from numerous Lehigh County communities are on scene of a rescue along the Appalachian Trail. The incident began about 5 p.m. when it was reported of a female hiker suffering an ankle i...
Editor’s note: Beth Ritter-Guth of Palmerton, known as “Squeak,” is a trail angel, who helps hikers when they come off the Appalachain Trail. Here is a look at the trail in the year of the pandemic.
B...
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) - Hikers are being told by the agency that oversees the Appalachian Trail to postpone plans to cover the nearly 2,200-mile distance this year due to COVID-19.
The Appalachian Trai...
Keystone Trails Association recently announced that Sherry Ferguson of Towamensing Township has been named the Thyra Sperry Volunteer of the Year by Pennsylvania’s statewide hiking organization. The w...
Emma “Grandma” Gatewood, at the age of 67, was the first woman to hike the full length of the Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine in 1955. She became the first person to hike the full length of th...
MIND: Alright! I’m going to do this!
BODY: Do what?
MIND: I’m going to walk the 15-mile Appalachian Trail from Palmerton all the way to the Leroy A. Smith Shelter.
BODY: Should I remind you that when ...