Oregon Coast Trail Day 3: Boat Ferry

Oregon Coast Trail Day 3: Boat Ferry

Seafood For Breakfast  Wow, my ankle hurts badly. This was my thought as I stood up out of my bivy in the morning. I packed up and headed to the...

Jun 15, 2025 : Chase Roberts
Pretzel Joins the Trail Mix

Pretzel Joins the Trail Mix

Day 8 I love the way thru hiking ignites my senses. The scents- the way the plants smell, or wet earth, or the faint muskiness of my quilt as I...

Jun 15, 2025 : Pretzel
Somebody That I Used To Know

Somebody That I Used To Know

For the first time in a while, I slept soundly! The night temperatures finally rose to about 48 last night, and so while I got in late, I actually still...

Jun 15, 2025 : Eddy "Late Start" Li
CDT + GDT: Lake City to Monarch Pass – Leaving the San Juans for the Collegiates

CDT + GDT: Lake City to Monarch Pass – Leaving the San Juans for the Collegiates

Resupply 9 | Lake City to Monarch Pass Day 36, 5.6 miles. Right outside where we stayed overnight there’s an amazing bakery where we had breakfast twice. The owners of...

Jun 15, 2025 : jessica "stitches" guo
Foothills Trail – Who’s Afraid of A Summer Afternoon Thunderstorm? Not Us.

Foothills Trail – Who’s Afraid of A Summer Afternoon Thunderstorm? Not Us.

Getting the band back together There’s only one reason why I’d backpack the southern Blue Ridge Mountains in the heat of summer. Veteran hikers know the answer to this one....

Jun 15, 2025 : Donna Hatch Barkley
7 Days without a Drop of Rain (On Me) $22.28

7 Days without a Drop of Rain (On Me) $22.28

I wake early, around 5.30am, feeling very refreshed, and blissfully unaware of how long the families partied last night at the nearby shelter. The thru hiker was still sound asleep...

Jun 15, 2025 : Sean Berenson
Day 39: Slackpacking the Dragon

Day 39: Slackpacking the Dragon

We slackpacked today. Southbound. It felt entirely odd carrying a small amount of weight. It felt even more odd going south. It felt like walking inside-out. 

Jun 15, 2025 : Anniversary and The Historian
Cruising to the NOC

Cruising to the NOC

This morning I woke up and had a truly hard time waking up, especially as it rained outside. I'm sure avid readers have noticed a theme, and I think my...

Jun 15, 2025 : Emma G
Day 8, Is Shaw’s Hiker Hostel Heaven or did I just Spend Seven days in the Backcountry?

Day 8, Is Shaw’s Hiker Hostel Heaven or did I just Spend Seven days in the Backcountry?

Answer: yes The goal of today was to get to town. The alarm rang at 4:00 am but I did not sit up until 4:30. The fog was hanging low...

Jun 15, 2025 : Sara
1,2,3….Green Light! Red Light!

1,2,3….Green Light! Red Light!

I returned to the trail on a hot sunny day in Falls Village, Connecticut last week. It’s been 6 weeks since I last hiked on the AT. When my grandson...

Jun 15, 2025 : Jenn D “Chilly”