From June 8-10, the first Art & Adventure Festival in Gros Morne National Park went ahead with good weather and participation. Organized by Parks Canada, the IATNL, and Ocean Quest Adventures, the weekend event included a rug hooking and art…
On June 15 - 17, the IAT will hold its first General Meeting outside of North America in Reykjavik, Iceland. The meeting will be hosted by IAT partner Icelandic Touring Association (http://www.fi.is/en), and be followed by tours in and round…
From June 8-10, Parks Canada, IATNL, and Ocean Quest Adventures will be presenting the first Art & Adventure Festival in Gros Morne National Park. The 3-day event will include hooked rug and fine art exhibits and workshops at the…
From May 19 to 21, two hikers from Paris, France braved chilly nightime temperatures and colder patches of snow and ice to make a rare spring trek of the Blow-Me-Down Mountain Trail. Fabien Mignot and Loris Pennacchioli took a…
On May 5, IAT Chairperson Paul Wylezol and local volunteer Robert Wentzell took advantage of a beautiful spring day to add a new section of trail to Eastern Point, near Portland Creek on the Great Northern Peninsula. The original…
Maine Chapter Board Member, Will Richard, is visiting the area of the northernmost section of the International Appalachian Trail close to Uummannaq, Greenland, home village of some of the Greenland Chapter's leaders.
Uummannaq is located at about…
North Sea Trails in Norway, part of the Coast Alive partnership (www.coast-alive.eu), have begun installing IAT trail markers to their trailhead signs and sign posts. Coast Alive officially joined the IAT in March 2011, and has chapters in the North…
In 2012, IAT Scotland will begin marking its trails with three versions of the IAT blaze. Each will have the IAT-SIA layout framed in blue, with the Scottish flag at top. In addition to the standard layout, the Highland version…
On the western coast of Newfoundland's Great Northern Peninsula, just 10 kilometers (6 miles) north of Bonne Bay and mid-way through Gros Morne National Park, lies a grassy headland with a geologic stature far exceeding its low-lying geographic profile. Unless…
On the western coast of Newfoundland’s Great Northern Peninsula, just 10 kilometers (6 miles) north of Bonne Bay and mid-way through Gros Morne National Park, lies a grassy headland with a geologic stature far exceeding its low-lying geographic profile. Unless…
On April 15, IAT Chairperson Paul Wylezol took advantage of a beautiful spring day to take a leisurely drive along the IATNL route through Gros Morne National Park, from Gros Morne mountain to Parsons Pond. After crossing from the western…
At the invitation of the Alabama Hiking Trails Society (AHTS), representatives of the International Appalachian Trail (IAT) attended the AHTS Annual General Meeting, where they delivered a presentation on the history and development of the IAT. The meeting was held…