Jenny McBride and Jo Gray visited all 351 towns and cities in Massachusetts. Here’s what they learned along the way. The post ...

Kellenberger, who spent 41 years teaching middle school in Carson City, Mich., said she’d dreamed of hiking the 14-state ...

A lot happens in the space of a year, and 2025 was no exception. This was a year of low lows—major cuts at the NPS, tragedies on America’s high peaks—and high highs—new FKTs and 10,000-mile hiking ...

Each year, only about one out of every four hikers who set out to complete the Appalachian Trail reaches that goal. A thru-hike means traversing nearly 2,200 miles, across 14 states, in a single ...

Masafumi Saito is a Japanese hiker with experience all over American trails. The reaction he's gotten in Wisconsin, however, stands out. Many in Wisconsin's hiking community have hosted him or shared ...

CARSON CITY, Mich. (WOOD) — A journey of a thousand miles begins with just a step. Sure. But what about 2,200 miles across 14 states, climbing and descending the equivalent of 16 Mount Everests? Sound ...

MONSON, Maine (WABI) - Stretching just shy of 2,200 miles from Georgia to Maine, the Appalachian Trail draws hikers from all over the world to hike it in its entirety. Early fall is a busy time of ...

© Angel Martinez & Ryan Pierse/Getty ImagesVinicius Junior (L) of Real Madrid and Erling Haaland (R) of Manchester City. With the Ballon d’Or ceremony set for ...

CLARKSBURG — Falls, Lyme disease and a hurricane couldn’t stop Betty Kellenberger. This summer, the 80-year-old from Michigan officially became the oldest woman to thru-hike the Appalachian Trail, ...

The UConn men’s golf team played the inaugral Metropolis Intercollegiate in White Plains, N.Y. UConn finished in fourth place, with a score of 878 (+38). Photo courtesy of @cgoode_1 on Instagram The ...

In 1951, always an adventurer, he was the second person to walk the trail in a “thru-hike,” from Georgia to Maine, in an arduous 123 days. He later met the first to do so. By Richard Sandomir Gene ...

Whether you’re a casual hiker, a seasoned backpacker, a thru-hiker chasing the triple crown or a world traveler, you’ve likely faced a classic footwear dilemma: hiking shoes vs. hiking boots. It’s a ...