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 ...

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 ...

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) ...

HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) – The Maryland Department of Natural Resources says it’s temporarily closing eight overnight shelters and campgrounds on Maryland’s section of the Appalachian Trail after a hiker ...

In the r/AppalachianTrail subreddit, one hiker expressed their outrage at spotting graffiti for hundreds of miles along the trail. They took a photo of one instance in which someone had tagged "Bolt" ...

MARS HILL - The U.S. Forest Service and Appalachian Trail Conservancy are proposing to tear down a popular Appalachian Trail shelter due to structural problems, the agencies announced Jan. 25. The ...

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 ...