For thru-hikers, a term used for people who hike the whole trail in a continuous journey, it takes six months. The total elevation ... also an Appalachian Trail Store with books and maps for ...

Passing through the Appalachian Mountains, the Smoky Mountains, White Mountain National Forest, and more, the trail traverses about 450,000 feet of elevation changes. Clingmans Dome is the highest ...

Thousands of people will attempt to thru-hike the 2,160-mile Appalachian Trail this ... location of water sources, elevation profiles, trail town maps and more. A new version is published each ...

CINCINNATI -- Local ultrarunner Harvey Lewis has finished his run of the 2,189-mile Appalachian ... completing the trail. "When I first looked at this on a map in terms of elevation climb, it ...

The elevation gain of the Appalachian Trail alone is enough to frighten off prospective hikers – it’s the equivalent of climbing Mt. Everest 16 times. Still, more than 3,000 people attempt to ...

Hikers commonly refer to the Pennsylvania section of the Appalachian Trail as "the place where ... walking on ridges with relatively small elevation changes compared to many other states.