MARS HILL - In January, the United States Forest Service and Appalachian Trail Conservancy presented a proposal to decommission and tear down the Overmountain Shelter barn, a once-popular Appalachian ...
CARTER COUNTY, Tenn. (WJHL) — Volunteers spent their Monday morning removing the former roof of an Appalachian Trail shelter after it burned down last week. The Laurel Fork Shelter in Hampton was ...
When I arrived at the Priest on my thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail in 2015, I didn’t quite grasp the cultural significance ...
FRANKLIN - As the weather continues to warm up and hikers take to the Appalachian Trail in Western North Carolina, trail visitors passing through the region will have a new shelter to visit, ...
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — Two popular Appalachian Trail shelters in Carter County are now closed, including the highest-elevation shelter on the entire trail. The U.S. Forest Service (USFS) ...
ALBANY TWP., Pa. - Halfway down Hawk Mountain, the birds chirp and the bees buzz, and a shelter sits in shade, awaiting its next weary hiker on a long trek along the Appalachian Trail. "This is about ...
A black bear tried to nose its way into a tent in Stokes State Forest on Wednesday night, prompting the park service to announce that it was closing the Brink Road shelter to hikers. Brink Road, a ...