Kelly Floro

A popular Appalachian Trail thru-hiker hostel in southern Virginia says its sign was vandalized last week — for the second time. Huckleberry's Hostel is located in Catawba, Virginia, near the iconic Dragon's Tooth.

uthorities are investigating after a group of hikers discovered human remains in Vermont’s Green Mountain National Forest near the town of Mount Tabor late last month. The hikers contacted police on April 25 after discovering what appeared to be human foot bones inside a partially buried pair of hiking boots in a boggy area of the national forest. Troopers responded at the scene and did not initially find any additional remains, but on May 4th, a more extensive search aided by North Country Search Dogs and US Forest Service personnel turned up additional human remains nearby. ...

F rom Springer Mountain in Georgia to Damascus, Virginia, the Appalachian Trail winds through more than 470 miles of the South: grassy balds, rhododendron tunnels, rugged peaks, verdant valleys, salamanders, misty mountains, Cherokee heritage, Civil War history, and small towns worth slowing down for. With that much trail to love, how do you choose where to start?

T he US Forest Service is spraying growing amounts of the herbicide glyphosate in California national forests, according to a report published in the May/June edition of Mother Jones.

A Georgia man whose 10-year-old daughter died in a house fire was convicted Friday on murder and child abuse charges, nearly four years after he and his wife fled and were later arrested on the Appalachian Trail

A Catholic prep school in New Jersey has an unusual program for its freshman class: a mandatory 5-day, 55-mile backpacking trip from High Point State Park in New Jersey to the Delaware Water Gap on the Appalachian Trail, supported by adults but guided by the students themselves.

T he Forest Service has closed a section of the Continental Divide Trail/Colorado Trail between Twin Lakes and Tennessee Pass in response to a fast-growing wildfire that ignited yesterday on the slopes of Mt. Massive, Colorado's second-tallest peak. The fire broke out on Sunday afternoon and rapidly swelled to over 1,000 acres, its perimeter overlapping the CDT.

he Continental Divide Trail Coalition is urging hikers to avoid Glacier National Park’s Many Glacier Valley after flooding forced the National Park Service to close the entire area and evacuate visitors on June 29. The closure includes the Many Glacier Hotel, Swiftcurrent Motor Inn, Many Glacier Campground, and multiple trail segments used by Continental Divide Trail hikers. Southbound CDT thru-hikers beginning their journeys in Glacier, along with section hikers in the park, should not enter the closure area and should be prepared to adjust their itineraries. ...

I n my years at The Trek, I've noticed a trend that's common in most media contexts: stories with a negative framing often tend to perform the best. Top 10 Thru-Hiking Mistakes To Avoid. My Biggest Regrets From My Appalachian Trail Thru-Hike. All manner of depressing news stories. You get the picture.

Dog trainer Christina Bluhme was hiking Ben Nevis with her black Labrador, Tokyo, on Sunday when Tokyo suddenly lost the use of her legs and began slipping in and out of consciousness, according to a Facebook post by Bluhme.