Appalachian Trail Section Hike

The appalachian trail is a continuous footpath stretching over 2 000 miles from georgia to maine.

Appalachian trail section hike. More information about section hiking is below while multi day hiking is not as intimidating as thru hiking it takes more commitment than day hiking. Determine the difficulty of your intended route. Hiking through the smokeys or the white mountains is a lot harder than say hiking through maryland or new jersey.

Multi day hiking spans from spending an overnight on the appalachian trail a t to hiking every part of the trail through a series of multi day hikes over many years called section hiking. In addition to that some sections can be marginally more difficult based on whether you are hiking northbound aka nobo or southbound aka sobo. Some descriptions include elevation gain in their stats.

To do this you will have to get yourself a. The only requirement is that you complete hiking the 2000 miles of trail required by the appalachian trail conservancy click for application to be recognized as an at finisher. It can take over 6 months to complete.

We have gathered the best sections on the appalachian trail for a weekend or week long backpacking trip.