In 2008, Boxborough resident Roger “Hammer” Tetreault hiked the entire 2,174 miles of the Appalachian Trail, from Springer Mountain in Georgia to Mount Katahdin in Maine. During that time, Tetreault ...

So, leave behind the crowds of the ATL for a few days, and head toward the kind of quiet, misty adventure that you can only find in one of the oldest mountain ranges in the world. You won’t be the ...

It's been a little over a month since contributor Lauren Groh embarked on her through-hike of the Appalachian Trail. And as she happily reports, the experience has been "ten times better than I ever ...

Lauren Groh (left) and Rhesia Baron at the Appalachian Trail Conservancy at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. Harpers Ferry in West Virginia is a crucial milestone for anyone who hikes the Appalachian ...

With the possible exception of the Pennsylvania section, which is mined with foot-stabbing stones, you can pick pretty much any part of the Appalachian Trail and have a good time. But if you're asking ...

For most AT thru-hikers, Katahdin is the finish line. For Will French, it was the halfway point on a 25-year, 4,320-mile journey along the prehistoric spine of the Appalachians. Will French didn’t ...

SALISBURY — Scouts from Troops 448 (Boys)/4448 (Girls), in Salisbury, recently returned from a backpacking trip on the Appalachian Trail near Burkes Garden, Virginia, where seven Scouts and five ...

NEEL GAP, Ga. (AP) — It is midmorning on a drizzly, foggy Saturday and David Flynt is several miles into his 24th hike along the Appalachian Trail. "Each time we go, there might be a year or two in ...

The American rural experience, as told by Henry David Thoreau and Aldo Leopold, is about becoming immersed in largely unpopulated, natural places. For weary urbanites, such places offer a chance to ...