Section Hiking:Section hiking involves completing the trail in smaller segments or sections over multiple trips. Some hikers tackle the trail in sections spread across several years. The time it takes to complete the entire trail via section hiking varies greatly. It depends on the length and freq...
Thru-hiking is the feat of walking the whole 2,194.3 miles of the Appalachian Trail between Springer Mountain and Mount Katahdin. The Appalachian Trail Hiking’s Major Sections of the AT Encompassing the states of Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee, the Southern Mountains present the first ...
Thru-hiking lingo isn’t just code, it’s a window into how people backpack. Read More An Appalachian Trail Road Trip Aug 01, 2014 by TripBucket Team Road trips are an American institution. Pile your friends and family into the car with a map and a playlist and set out on an adventur...
Although the AT is often referred to as the “green tunnel” there are so many scenic spots along the way. My favorite views were in theWhite MountainsofNew Hampshireand the 100 Mile Wilderness inMaine. I like standing on top of a mountain and being able to look out and see no signs ...
The Appalachian Trail is a 2,185 mile long public footpath that traverses the scenic, wooded, pastoral, wild, and culturally lands of the Appalachian Mountains.
Great Smoky Mountains National Park: Charlies Bunion Loop Get away for a night or three on this 12.8-mile lasso loop that delivers you to the high reaches of the Great Smoky Mountains. BACKPACKERMagazine PublishedSep 20, 2013 Appalachian Trail ...
Hiking Trails in the Blue Ridge and Smoky Mountains including North Georgia Mountains, Western North Carolina, Tennessee River Valley, and South Carolina UpCountry.
Departing Springer Mountain, the AT follows its iconic, white trail blazes through the southern Appalachian Mountains, meandering through North Georgia’s rolling Blue Ridge Mountains and exploring some of this state’s most beautiful terrain. Wildlife frequent the trail, including wild turkey, black ...
Tales and photos from biking, hiking, mountaineering, and paddling trips. Currently based in the Appalachian Mountains.
Some trips just have cachet. This is the world’s premiere long-distance hiking trail. Period. Dream trips are meant to be grand, monumental, exciting, and a challenge. This is all of that…and more. The “community in the wilderness” aspect of the Appalachian Trail is unique. ...