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 ...

CARTER COUNTY, Tenn. (WJHL) — Volunteers spent their Monday morning removing the former roof of an Appalachian Trail shelter after it burned down last week. The Laurel Fork Shelter in Hampton was ...

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, ...

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 ...

When I arrived at the Priest on my thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail in 2015, I didn’t quite grasp the cultural significance ...

FRANKLIN, N.C. (AP) — Appalachian Trail hikers have a new place to rest in North Carolina. The U.S. Forest Service says the Long Branch Shelter in the Standing Indian Basin in the Nantahala National ...

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) ...