appalachian trail

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.

Hiking the nearly 2,200-mile Appalachian Trail already is grueling, and the U.S. Postal Service may make it even tougher.

Citizen scientists can learn about efforts to restore the America chestnut tree and find out how they can take part in a large-scale survey today at Hawk Mountain Sanctuary from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

After the training, they can take part in the Appalachian Trail Mega-Transect survey being conducted by the American Chestnut Foundation this year in ...

Authorities say bear activity has led them to close a section of the Appalachian Trail in northeast Georgia to camping until further notice.

Join us at noon, Eastern Time, on Friday, Feb. 11, with Richie Tice, who hiked the whole 2,179 miles of the Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine with his dog, Stella , to raise money for earthquake survivors in Haiti.

An Indiana man who has been hiking the Appalachian Trail since April had to be carried off a New Hampshire mountain when knee pain prevented him from continuing.