This Week’s Top Instagram Photos from the #AppalachianTrail

Time for some more of that sweet instagramy goodness to satiate your unquenchable hiker lust. If you’re sad you’re not out on the trail today just sit back and join the rest of the Internet as we live vicariously through our hiker trash brethren.

We peruse all of the wonderful pictures from Instagram with the hashtag #AppalachianTrail and #AppalachianTrials and select a few of the best each week to highlight for your viewing pleasure!

This week we take a look at photos snapped between 06/06/16 – 06/13/16.

If you would like your picture to be included, be sure to use the hashtag #AppalachianTrail and/or #AppalachianTrials (we give preference to this one). And follow Appalachian Trials on Instagram for even more AT love.

Here is this week’s best pictures from the #AppalachianTrail:

#Maine is a #beautiful state. 150 miles done! More #hiking to come. #AppalachianTrail #AT2016 #MEGA16 #SOBO #appalachiantrials

A photo posted by Alex Stuth (@alexstuth) on Jun 13, 2016 at 5:39pm PDT

Mmmmmmmmmmm….. Pizza with a view! #appalachiantrail #appalachiantrials #hikes #camera #adventure #travel #wanderlust #sonyalpha #rei1440project #52hikechallenge #theoutbound #thegreatoutdoors #wildernessculture #pizza #campvibes #trailchat #hikerchat #photooftheday #picoftheday #instagood #gnarcissistic #foodporn #hikescameraadventure #goshenandoah #findyourpark

A photo posted by Krystian Repolona; aka Snap (@hikes.camera.adventure) on Jun 7, 2016 at 6:55am PDT

Pennsylvania you were bittersweet. Like 70% bitter tho. #appalachiantrials #hiking #appalachiantrail #atflipflop #thruhike2016

A photo posted by @michelleaguilar on Jun 13, 2016 at 8:40am PDT

Don’t mess with Mama! #appalachiantrials #appalachiantrail #thruhiker #georgiatomaine #hikertrash

A photo posted by fetterollie (@fetterollie) on Jun 12, 2016 at 6:18pm PDT

“I have to explain to everyone my trail name is HandMADE and not MAID. Because I made almost everything I have myself. Except shoes. I don’t wear those.” #appalachiantrail #appalachiantrials #at2016 #Sobo16 #sobo #thruhike #backpacking #hikertrash #hiking #camping #wanderlust #apptrials #at #nobo #appalachiantrail2016 #handmade #handmaid #toomanyhashtags #reiproject1440 #optoutside

A photo posted by Jeremy Morris (@jeremy.morriz) on Jun 12, 2016 at 8:17am PDT

Slop-walkin through this wet, twisted, eerie forest.

A photo posted by The Real Hiking Viking (@therealhikingviking) on Jun 11, 2016 at 12:05pm PDT

Tiny turtle #appalachiantrials #at2016 #appalachiantrail #trailturtles

A photo posted by @mayarose.focus on Jun 10, 2016 at 7:11pm PDT

The rock scramble up Little Gap in the Lehigh Valley was awesome. Rock hopping, perfect weather, and some sweet views at the top made for a fun hike. Woulda been dangerous hiking in the storm the day before! #latergram #Mile1257

A photo posted by Elliott Diamond (@ejdiamond21) on Jun 10, 2016 at 8:04pm PDT

If you don’t usually take the time to read my captions I’d recommend reading this one! Young & old, male & female, 2 legs & 4 legs, Appalachian Trail thru-hiker’s come in all shapes sizes and forms! For a few months I’ve been bumping into these 3, and everyday for the past 4 days I’ve hiked and camped along side of them. From first sight I just knew these people had quite a story to tell…and boy was I right! Our conversations always leave me with my jaw hanging and only the word ‘wow’ coming out. I’ll just share a tidbit of their story. On the left is “White Cap” age 75 and right is “Braids” age 65 and their dog Sittka. I asked them a very typical question out here :” what brought you out here to thru-hike the AT?” It turns out their daughter and husband thru hiked the AT southbound in 2002 and then again in 2014 northbound WITH THEIR 2 CHILDREN AGES 7 & 9 in a mere 5 months!!! Their youngest, a girl is the youngest person to ever summit the Northern terminus of the AT of Mt Katadin!! “You know it’s quite a wild thing having your 7 year old granddaughter call you and say “Grandpa I hiked a 30 mile day today!”” White Cap told me laughing. They also brought their dog Orion on their thru-hike who is Sittka’s brother! So White Cap and Braids felt if their two grandkids could hike the 2200 miles of the AT their was no reason they couldn’t do the same! If theres one thing I’ve learned out here its that there is always time to strike up a conversation with someone you don’t know, you’ll be amazed at some of the lives of the people hiking right next to you! ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ #appalachiantrials #appalachiantrail #sonyA7 #sonyimages #sonyalpha #thruhike #thruhiker #hikertrash #at2016 #appalachiantrail2016 #campvibes #rei1440project #optoutside #getoutside #whiteblaze #backpacking #ATfannypackers #vsco #vscocam #NeverStopHiking #backpacking #hiking #hyperlitemountaingear #gossamergear #takelessdomore #facesoftheAT #peopleoftheAT

A photo posted by Scooter (@scotty_hikes) on Jun 10, 2016 at 6:56am PDT

I saw quite a few snakes in my AT section hike two weeks ago. This little garter snake was definitely the angriest snake I came across. Fortunately, for me, he was small & not poisonous, so I was unharmed. #appalachiantrail #sectionhike #hikeny #appalachiantrials #snakes

A photo posted by Brett Klopp (@brettklopp) on Jun 9, 2016 at 2:45pm PDT

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A photo posted by John Stephens↟↟↟ (@thathiker) on Jun 9, 2016 at 7:45pm PDT

Got to share the sunrise with the love of my life this morning. ❤️

A photo posted by Stephanie Cortes (@salsafresca5678) on Jun 10, 2016 at 2:26pm PDT

This little buddy decided to hop a ride on my boot…it’s bad enough that I have to carry my pack, but now a lazy grasshopper? #appalachiantrail #appalachiantrials #hiking #davehikestheAT #grasshopper #appalachiantrail2016

A photo posted by @dajagu on Jun 11, 2016 at 11:07am PDT

Prairie Sunrise || #PenDexterOnTrail #AppalachianTrials #AppalachianTrail #AT2016 #NOBO #NewYork #Sunrise #Prairie #Field

A photo posted by Jared Townley (@jaredctownley) on Jun 12, 2016 at 9:19am PDT

THRUHIKE: A black-and-white journey through the 2200-mile-long Appalachian Trail – See more at: mishkinphoto.com — Annapolis Rocks #appalachiantrail #maryland #thruhiking #hiking #outdoors #mountains #blackandwhitephotography #fineartphotography #adventure #trail #goals #savetheplanet #sony #sonyrx100 #bbctravel #rx100 #picoftheday #adventure #natgeotravel #natgeolandscape #bnw #bnwphotography #bnw_planet #bnw_magazine #rockclimbing #sony #bnw_one #appalachiantrials @appalachiantrail @usnationalparkpics

A photo posted by Max Mishkin (@mishkin_photo) on Jun 13, 2016 at 4:19am PDT

Be sure to check back next week for more of that sweet, delicious #Appalachian Trail Instagram goodness!

And remember if you would like your picture to be included, be sure to use the hashtag #AppalachianTrail and/or #AppalachianTrials (we give preference to this one).  And follow Appalachian Trials on Instagram for even more AT love.