The Maine Forest Service deployed a helicopter Saturday to airlift an injured Appalachian Trail hiker in Piscataquis County. Read More
The Appalachian Trail Conservancy redesigned its safety and crime prevention page after the fatal stabbing of an Army veteran on the trail last month. Read More
Maine author Denis Dauphinee is now giving voice to the last days of Geraldine Largay’s life. The book, Dauphinee hopes, will help make sense of what happened while giving readers a chance to draw their own conclusions. Read More
The physical injuries kept Ronnie Sanchez Jr. from moving as fast as he wanted on the Appalachian Trail, but it was the unseen wounds that almost made him quit. Read More
A Massachusetts man faces federal charges in the brutal attack Saturday on two Appalachian Trail hikers that left a man dead and a woman hospitalized with severe stab wounds, Virginia authorities said. Read More
Three of the founders of the International Appalachian Trail met up at Andy’s Old Port Pub in Portland on Monday for an informal ceremony marking the 25th anniversary of the trail’s formation. Read More
This request is being made so AT hikers don’t disturb a longstanding annual ceremony conducted by the Penobscot Indian Nation on the mountain from Sept. 1- 3. Read More
Paul Truesdale hiked the trail only through day trips, without ever camping or sleeping overnight on the path. Read More
A hiker who was rescued out from the Appalachian Trail two weeks ago after falling ill was carried out again Tuesday after another bout of sickness. Read More
Game wardens and local paramedics rescued two heat-exhausted hikers this week as they traversed portions of the Appalachian Trail in Maine. Read More
There was a moment back in August when Dale “Grey Beard” Sanders considered giving up in the middle of the 100-Mile Wilderness in Maine. Read More
McConaughy beat the speed record for the Appalachian Trail by 10:41, ascending to the top of Katahdin in 45 days 12 hours 15 minutes. Read More
After Largay’s body was discovered, I read and heard a lot of misinformation about what searchers should be able to do. I'd now like to make it clear what happened when we went looking for Largay, and how searchers do their jobs. Read More
“I don’t know what that is,” said Julie Winzler, eyeing a charred piece of trash before dropping it in a bag. Leaning over a fire pit, she continued to pluck out bits of tinfoil and beer cans. It may not be glamorous, but as environmental steward… Read More
HAGERSTOWN, Md. — A dispute over whether the JFK 50 Mile ultramarathon will be allowed to continue using the Appalachian Trail and double the number of runners from 1,000 to 2,000 is escalating. After years of quiet battle, “it’s time for the gloves to come off,”… Read More
