Carolina Mountain Club volunteers help clear downed trees along the French Broad River near Hot Springs in November 2024. The town relies on tourism, especially hikers along the Appalachian Trail ...

The Friends of the Mountains-to-Sea Trail said this week that while volunteers have not yet been allowed in to survey and ...

Carolina Mountain Club volunteers help clear downed trees along the French Broad River near Hot Springs in November 2024. The town relies on tourism, especially hikers along the Appalachian Trail ...

The Appalachian Trail and the Mountains-to-Sea Trail are closed to hikers due to downed trees, landslides and flooding from Hurricane Helene.

UNAKA MOUNTAIN, Tenn. — On a mountaintop mantled in moss and nearly century-old red spruce, the Appalachian Trail now simply disappears. For lengthy stretches, it lies under tangles of trees ...

Snow banks help plants thrive in the mountains, providing water and nutrients for soil. But as climate change warms the ...

Rusty and Mica Foster after completing the 100-Mile Wilderness section of the Appalachian Trail in Maine, with a sign warning hikers to carry at least 10 days’ worth of food. (Rusty Foster ...

Betsy Brown is the associate director of Friends of the Mountains-to-Sea-Trail, an 1,175-mile path that meets the AT atop Kuwohi before extending east toward the North Carolina coast.

Carolina Mountain Club volunteers help clear downed trees along the French Broad River near Hot Springs in November 2024. The town relies on tourism, especially hikers along the Appalachian Trail ...