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) ...

250 trail shelters are spread throughout the Appalachian Trail, however two in our area are set for demolition by the national park service. Tracy Davis Witmyer and Jim Barnett of the Blue Mountain ...

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 ...

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 ...

Imagine being miles away from civilization, hiking through the Pisgah National Forest thinking about where you are going to set up camp for the night when suddenly it starts to rain. You make your way ...

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, ...