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 ...

Whether you have spent a night or six months on the Appalachian Trail (A.T), every hiker eventually experiences one of the trail’s iconic lean-tos or huts. More than 250 such backcountry structures ...

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

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 ...

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, ...

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) ...