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Kjalvegur hinn forni – A Profile of IAT Iceland

At the 2012 IAT Annual General Meeting in Reykjavik, Iceland, the Iceland Touring Association's Kjalvegur hinn forni (Old Kjalvegur hiking trail) became an official part of the International Appalachian Trail. The former horse track extends approximately 40 kms (26 miles) through a highland dessert valley between Langjökull and Hofsjökull glaciers. Like Sprengisandur…

UK’s Offa’s Dyke Path National Trail Joins IAT

In February 2013, the UK's Offa's Dyke Path National Trail joined the IAT, bringing with it Britain's longest ancient monument while creating a 1,047 mile (1,675 km) IAT Wales loop with the Wales Coast Path. The 177 mile (285 km) long, 1200 year old linear bank and ditch passes through no less than eight…

England’s Ridgeway National Trail Joins IAT

In January 2013, England's Ridgeway National Trail joined the International Appalachian Trail as "Britain's Oldest Road."     The 87 mile (139km) path crosses ancient landscapes on both sides of the River Thames, following the same route used since prehistoric times by travellers, herdsmen and soldiers. It passes through two distinctive landscapes: the open…

New IAT Natural & Cultural Heritage Series

January 2013 marks the introduction of two new website series on the Natural and Cultural Heritage found along the International Appalachian Trail, from eastern North America to Western Europe. This first piece on Natural Heritage by Beyond Ktaadn was excerpted and adapted from their new Eastern Alpine Guide, and is titled: Common Alpine Plant Species…

Lew Coty Circumtreks Trout River

From August 22-23, Long Range Adventurer Lew Coty made a circumtrek of Gros Morne National Park’s Trout River Pond, beginning at the trailhead to Trout River Pond Trail. The two day trek brought him across the top of the Tablelands, down around the back end of the pond near Overfalls Trail, and up and across…

New IAT Natural and Cultural Heritage Series

January 2013 marks the introduction of two new website series on the Natural and Cultural Heritage found along the International Appalachian Trail, from eastern North America to Western Europe. The IAT Natural Heritage series will showcase concise illustrated stories on both nature and geology, while the IAT Cultural Heritage series will include stories on e.g.…

Isle of Man Joins IAT

In January 2013, the Isle of Man - located in the Irish Sea between Great Britain and Ireland - joined the International Appalachian Trail as the IAT hub of the British Isles. The IoM route will follow the Raad ny Foillan, which is a 95 mile (153…

Wales Coast Path Joins IAT

In December 2012, the new Wales Coast Path joined the International Appalachian Trail as a 870 mile (1,400 km) trek around the entire coast of Wales, from Chester in the north to Chepstow in the south.   The path was developed by the Welsh Government in partnership with the Countryside Council for Wales, sixteen local authorities and two National…

Wales’ Pembrokeshire Coast Path

In October 2010, the Pembrokeshire Coast Path became the first UK National Trail to join the International Appalachian Trail.  Wales' first long-distance route, the path covers 299km (186 miles) of the most spectacular coastal scenery in Britain.  Sea Cliffs at Ceibwr Opened in 1970, it is one of 15 premier long-distance National Trails in England and Wales, all…

Work Continues On IATNL UltramaTrex

On the beautiful autumn day of October 30, IAT Chairperson Paul Wylezol, IATNL Vice Chair Arne Helgeland, and Signage Director Delano Pittman entered Serpentine Valley to continue work on the Lewis Hills Trail, the final stage of the new IATNL UltramaTrex. This one-week trek provides access to all four of the West Coast’s ophiolites, characterized…

A Lewis Hills / Blow-Me-Down Trek

In July 2012, Appalachian Trail thru-hiker Paul Gagnon and his partner Laura White made a 4-day/4-night trek of the Lewis Hills and Blow-Me-Down Mountains. With the exception of their start at Fox Island River south of Cache Valley, their south to north trek followed the IATNL route, most of it across alpine barrens above…

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