Hiking Boots Certainly Have Improved

by Sue Freeman
In 1996 I thru-hiked the Appalachian Trail, walking for 6 months from Georgia to Maine. On my feet were the highly recommended footwear of the time – the all-leather, above ankle Montrail OneSport hiking boots. Weighing in at 4 pounds, they were like lead weights on your feet. Yes, they were durable. And, [...]

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Cross Country Hiker Passes Through Highland Forest

My friend Niblewill Nomad hikes the North Country Trail & is now passing through the Finger Lakes region. Read about it here & see his YouTube video.

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Long Path and Northville-Placid Trail Thru-hike

Click here to follow the blog of a young hiker as he thru-hikes the Long Path and the Northville-Placid Trail.

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Planning Food for a Long Hike

Planning Food for an Appalachian Trail Thru-Hike – Long-Distance Hikers Need Nutrition, Calories, Variety
Well duhhh! It didn’t require a study to conclude that long distance hikers can’t carry enough food to replace the calories they burn – that’s obvious to all long distance hikers. But, read this article – it has good food tips for [...]

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Where Will the North Country National Scenic Trail go Through the Adirondacks?

By ALAN WECHSLER, Albany Times Union,  link to original article
The North Country National Scenic Trail is not the most direct way to get from North Dakota to Crown Point, N.Y. This 4,600-mile trail meanders up and down North Dakota and Minnesota, winds around the shores of two Great Lakes, and then heads down to southern [...]

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Old Hiking Boots – Reused

In 1996, Rich and I spent 6 months walking the Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine. Unfortunately, this was just before the lightweight hiking craze gained force. We hiked with heavy packs and wore full leather hiking boots. We each had 2 sets of boots and wore one set the first thousand or so miles [...]

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Warning! Hiking is Dangerous to Fat!

by Tricia Hess, Denver Outdoor Adventure Examiner, link to original article
Hiking burns up fat and calories. Getting out and hiking cross-country for four hours a month will cause a 155 lb. person to burn off a pound of fat. If you hiked once every weekend for 2 hours you could lose two pounds a month, [...]

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New York State is Well Connected for Hikers

Did you know that by hiking the Finger Lakes Trail you can connect to many other trails that head far outside New York State?
- The western end extends all the way to North Dakota on the North Country National Scenic Trail.
- From the FLT branch called the Conservation Trail you can connect to the Bruce [...]

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New York Trails

Biking, horseback riding, hiking, backpacking, running….. no matter how you enjoy trails, you’re sure to find some links to good trail info here on the American Trails web site.
Now if they’d onlyt list the best guidebooks for New York State, which are found at Footprint Press.

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New York City Hiking

Who says New York City is all pavement and buildings? Oh, that was me. NYC is far from my favorite place on this Earth. But, as you can read in this blog posting, only a short distance north of the city, there are wonderful hiking opportunities.
Of course, I recently wrote about my short, but [...]

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