A survey of PCT thru-hikers found a big leap in costs in recent years. Surveys of the Appalachian and Continental Divide ...

Osprey Eja 48 SEE IT Thru hiking backpacks are made for those who embark on multi-day hikes on long trails like the Appalachian Trail (AT) or the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT). For thru hikers, a ...

The hikes would generate newspaper headlines, as well as controversy within the hiking community. The Long Trail, America’s oldest long-distance hiking trail, was the brainchild of James P. Taylor.

These three long trails are The Long Trails of thru-hiking. Hiking all three is completing the triple crown of thru-hiking. All three in a calendar year is a Calendar Triple Crown, and should only be ...

This hike circumnavigates Cranberry Lake, located in New York’s Adirondacks. As the name suggests, it is approximately 50 miles long. Completing this trail takes the average hiker 2-4 days.

Anderson eventually became the first woman to hike all three long trails within one year: the Appalachian Trail, 2,190 miles, running from Georgia to Maine; the Pacific Crest Trail, 2,650 miles ...

Stretching from Georgia to Maine, the most widely known hiking trail in the U.S. has nearly 90 miles of path a short drive away in the Palisades and Hudson Valley.