A.T. In A Day

Posted by Jeff on Jun 11, 2015 @ 7:18 am in Hiking News | 5 comments | Last modified: June 10, 2015

Backpacker Magazine is throwing a 2,180-mile party from Georgia to Maine! Join in on June 20, 2015 for a record-setting attempt to hike the Appalachian Trail in 24 hours.

Bring on the thru-hikers, the section hikers, the weekend warriors. Bring on the dayhikers with sneakers on their feet and baby carriers on their backs. Bring on the AT lifers and those who have never hiked it (but always wondered). Bring on the ridge runners, the trail maintainers, the hiking clubs, the soloists. Bring on anyone who needs another reason to get out on the trail.

This day is about all of us coming together to celebrate America’s most important hiking trail. It’s the place we cut our teeth for overnight camping, and the place we return to again and again when we need a reliable wilderness fix. It’s the spine of the East Coast and it belongs to all of us. And June 20th is the day to hold it up in front of the world and say, simply, thanks.

Backpacker Magazine is holding this single-day event to collectively hike every single mile on the trail. Why? Because it’s fun, it’s there, it’s ours, and it’s time to make a public show of appreciation.

Register for one of 331 trail sections averaging about 6 miles a pop, but ranging from .8 mile to 25. There’s one near you, because, well, this is the AT. Get in on the longest trail party.