Jersey Shore native Alex Butzler remembers being in fifth grade and reading the book “Walking with Spring” by Earl V. Shaffer ...

He started this mission back in March, embarking on a journey of hiking 2,198 miles across 14 different states in just five ...

World War II veteran Earl Shaffer was the first person to complete hiking the Appalachian Trail. When Shaffer began his journey at Mount Oglethorpe in Georgia, he intended it as a self-care ...

Jersey Shore native Alex Butzler remembers being in fifth grade and reading the book “Walking with Spring” by Earl V. Shaffer ...

Leaders with the Appalachian Trail Conservancy said more than 430 miles of trail were closed due to damage sustained during ...

Baker faced a series of debilitating setbacks that crushed her biggest hopes and threatened her life. So she made a deal with God — ...

The Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC), which oversees the 2,193-mile route, implored day hikers and “thru-hikers” to temporarily hang up their hiking boots.

You can't see the Appalachian Trail from the sky, not directly anyway. But you can see the ridge it follows, extending seemingly forever from horizon to hazy blue horizon, making our view from ...

The problem that the Appalachian Trail’s earliest founders were taking a stab at was, in the words of the outdoor writer and A.T. guiding light Horace Kephart, “the nerve-strain and bodily ...