The ATC Actively Discouraging 2021 AT Thru-Hikes
With health officials still advising limited crowds and avoiding recreational travel, the Appalachian Trail Conservancy is actively discouraging 2021 thru-hikes.
The People and Idea Behind Backpacking Routes
Here are the people behind Backpacking Routes. When they aren’t working from their couches with their cats nearby, they’re out on the trails they write about.
Potential Protections and Reversals of Size Cuts for Grand Staircase and Bears Ears National Monuments
Reductions in size to the Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears National Monuments in southern Utah will be reviewed by the Biden administration amid a flurry of orders addressing the environment. In his first day in office on Jan. 20, President Joe Biden also moved to rejoin the Paris Agreement on Read more…
The Appalachian Trail Can Provide a Refuge from Climate Change
The Appalachian Trail increasingly is being seen as a buffer from climate change along its more than 2,000-mile northbound path from Georgia to Maine. Healthy forests are key to removing carbon dioxide from the air, and that the Central Appalachian Mountains are a critical carbon-removal landscape.
PCT Thru-Hike Applications Will Open Jan. 19, Scout and Frodo will not Host
Applications for 2021 long-distance hiking permits for the Pacific Crest Trail will begin this year starting at 10:30 a.m. PT on Jan. 19.
What Exactly is the Great American Outdoors Act Funding?
A look at what’s in store for upgrades in 2021 at your favorite National Parks, National Forests, and outdoor recreation spaces.