Hiking Tips - Appalachian Trail Conservancy https://appalachiantrail.org Keep the Trail Alive Thu, 16 Apr 2026 20:31:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://appalachiantrail.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/cropped-wp-favicon-image-32x32.png Hiking Tips - Appalachian Trail Conservancy https://appalachiantrail.org 32 32 What A Shakedown Hike Can Tell You Before Mile One https://appalachiantrail.org/news-stories/shakedown-hike-tips/ Thu, 16 Apr 2026 20:31:20 +0000 https://appalachiantrail.org/?p=614830 Want to prepare yourself and your gear for the next big hike? Hiking your own hike starts with a shakedown hike.

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]]> Want to prepare yourself and your gear for the next big hike? Hiking your own hike starts with a shakedown hike.

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]]> 5 Reasons to Carry a Bear Canister (That Have Nothing to Do with Bears) https://appalachiantrail.org/news-stories/5-reasons-to-carry-a-bear-canister-that-have-nothing-to-do-with-bears/ Thu, 02 Apr 2026 17:03:23 +0000 https://appalachiantrail.org/?p=614528 What Georgia Ridgerunners Wish You Knew About Staying Healthy on the A.T. https://appalachiantrail.org/news-stories/what-georgia-ridgerunners-wish-you-knew-staying-healthy-appalachian-trail/ Thu, 26 Mar 2026 20:00:39 +0000 https://appalachiantrail.org/?p=614371 As spring hiking season begins on the Appalachian Trail, Georgia Ridgerunners share their wisdom on to share on preventing the injuries and illnesses that take many hikers off the Trail.

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]]> As spring hiking season begins on the Appalachian Trail, Georgia Ridgerunners share their wisdom on to share on preventing the injuries and illnesses that take many hikers off the Trail.

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