The Top Instagram Photos from the #AppalachianTrail This Week

We continue to peruse all of the wonderful pictures from Instagram with the hashtag #AppalachianTrail and #AppalachianTrials and select a few of the best each week.

This week we take a look at photos snapped between 12/22/14 – 12/29/14.

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:

@brocarcj is almost there!

Oh Georgia, how I’ve dreamt of you. #mavsappalachianthruhike2014 #atsobo #appalachiantrail #appalachiantrials #appalachiantrailsobo #georgia #eodwf #eod_wf #eodwarriorfoundation #dukesontheat #thruhike

@justinfignewton scored a nice haul this Christmas.

We had a pretty great Christmas morning! So many cool pieces of gear!! We’re getting so close to our #at thru-hike! Now we’re headed to Grandma’s. #appalachiantrail #atthruhike #christmas #bigagnes #snowpeak #darntough #buff #fitbit

 

Points to @sasquatchstalkr‘s family for their excellent craftsmanship.

Christmas gift from my family. Have a squatchtastic New Year.

@_brettevans has created the most delicious campsite possible. If only the actual trail were made of M&M’s…

Merry Christmas AT style // team effort with @wisco_wanderer

 

I believe! I believe! Photo courtesy of our friends at @appalachiantrail.

We spotted #Santa in Damascus, VA, and he’s rocking an #AppalachianTrail tattoo!

Often now I’ll roam. Onward and upward I wander on. Photo courtesy of @tndirtbag.

Clint (@cprooster7) leading the way over the Roan Highlands. #northcarolina #roanhighlands #appalachiantrail #at #clouds #tennessee #tnvacation #geology #hiking #backpacking #appalachiantrials #neverstopexploring #mountainhardwear #bpmag #takemebackpacking #rei1440project #funhogging

 

Looking at this picture from @peterrnelson almost makes me want to go for dip in the water were it not likely beyond frigid.

#wataugadam #appalachiantrail #rei1440project

This shot from @_inclined has it all. Depth, layers, and a puppy. What more do you need?

Good boy.

 

@wisco_wanderer gives us a little greenery to momentarily break up the continuous blankets of white.

I see my path, but I don’t know where it leads. Not knowing where I’m going is what inspires me to travel it. -Rosalia de Castro-

Gettin’ a little deep. Just a little. Photo courtesy of @fly522.

Trail signs already getting buried. That’s a lot of pow!

 

Another from @_brettevans as he takes a moment to bask in sweet serenity.

Take a moment today, breathe, reflect, then smile. Repeat as needed.

@gopaddlefaster takes a ride across the Kennebec.

Canoeing across the Kennebec River at first light. #AppalachianTrail #appalachiantrials #sunrise

 

Finding nature denied them the privilege of mountain-top view, @julieannhartley1 decided to create one of his own.

I got quite the view at the top of Mount Moosilauke today. Full moon. #notmyhairybutt #whitemountains #appalachiantrials #appalachiantrail #at2015 #hiking #moosilauke

Heh. Pooky. Photo courtesy of @figtreephotography.

Pooky warming himself in the rising sun on top of Blue Mountain.

 

@whitemountainod gazes upon a sea of white from atop Lafayette.

After hiking the ridge all day in the clouds, our waiting on the Mount Lafayette summit for the clouds to lift proved worth the wait! For our efforts, we were awarded a beautiful view of the Franconia Ridge Trail (part of the AT) heading toward Garfield, as well as a lovely sunset from the Old Bridle Path. It’s views like this that make the early rising and the effort climbing all so very worth it!

The end of an era. Let’s all bid a fond farewell to the Bounce Box, Miss Janet’s trusty steed that carried so many of our stinky asses back and forth to and from the trail. May it rest in peace. Photo courtesy of @nadeau77.

Picking up Miss Janet’s van this morning brought back many memories of the AT #at #appalachiantrail #thruhike

A photo posted by Chris Nadeau (@nadeau77) on Dec 12, 2014 at 7:28am PST

 

 

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.

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