Appalachian Trail: Thru Hikers' Companion 2020

by Appalachian Long Distance Hikers Association

Overview

With professionally crafted elevation profiles, 50 maps, and comprehensive tables for more at-a-glance information on-trail. The Appalachian Trail Conservancy and the Appalachian Long Distance Hikers Association collaborate each year on a guide especially designed for potential thru-hikers who want the basic information for a five- to six-month trek in the woods, at a reasonable price, but also want the adventure of finding out the extras for themselves. A favorite of section-hikers and dreamers, too. Still the only such guide written by volunteers for which all the proceeds are returned to the Trail by these two nonprofits. With fact-checking research by more than three dozen thru-hiker volunteers in 14 states, backed by the first-hand information of the trail's volunteer and staff maintainers and managers and extensive information from the 2020 "A.T. Data Book." Equipment-makers' toll-free numbers, post office hours, much more included.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781944958145
Publisher:	Mountaineers Books, The
Publication date:	12/15/2019
Edition description:	Twenty-seventh Edition
Pages:	304
Sales rank:	1,152,785
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

ALDHA (Appalachian Long-Distance Hikers Association) is an organization of past, present, and future hikers of the Appalachian Trail. It was formed in 1981 by previous thru-hikers of the Appalachian Trail but soon become a "users groups" for backpackers and hikers of all the U.S. scenic trails and most major hiking paths abroad. The Appalachian Long Distance Hikers Association, formed in 1981, is the only organized users' group for the Appalachian Trail, meeting annually for a three-day festival but also engaged in volunteer projects such as shelter work trips and hostel repairs. Sylvester leads a team of 25 volunteer field editors who contribute annual updates for the Companion.

Table of Contents

Foreword vi

About the Companion viii

Using the Companion x

Issues on the Trail xii

2020 Calendar and Key Dates to Remember xviii

On the Appalachian Trail

Getting to the Termini 1

Georgia 7

North Carolina 18

Great Smoky Mountains National Park 28

North Carolina & the Tennessee Border 36

Tennessee 50

Virginia: Part 1 (Southwest) 58

Part 2 (Central) 75

Part 3 (Shenandoah National Park) 95

Part 4 (Northern) 108

West Virginia 113

Maryland 119

Pennsylvania 126

New Jersey 149

New York 158

Connecticut 169

Massachusetts 177

Vermont 190

New Hampshire 207

Maine 229

Appendices

Post Offices along the Appalachian Trail 258

Hostels, Camping & Showers 264

Equipment Manufacturers & Distributors 268

Aldha Membership Form 270