"The International Applalachian Trail extends the original AT past Maine’s Mount Katahdin north through 1,830 miles of regged eastern Canadian wilderness, including Newfoundland’s Gros Morne National Park, which is rife with freshwater fjords. And that’s just the start. International agreements are in the works to expand the trail hundreds of miles through Greenland, Scotland, Ireland,…
The history and development of the trail was detailed in stunning pictures of the mountainous landscape between Maine and Morocco. The presentation explained how plate tectonics affected the breakup of the original mountains. The International Appalachian Trail was proposed on Earth Day 1994 by Gov. Joe Brennan, Dick Anderson and Don Hudson. The three envisioned…
According to the website www.howmanyofme.com, there are 7,505 Richard Andersons in the United States. But to people familiar with Maine’s environmental history, there is only one.
Revisit any of the milestones in Maine’s journey from the polluted waters and scarred lands of 50 years ago to the clean, green vistas of today, and you’ll find…
On January 30, IAT President Paul Wylezol and Finance Director Kevin Noseworthy headed out of Frenchman’s Cove to break a snowshoe trail to the Hummock. The route followed the Hummock Trail to the base of the Hummock, across the adjacent mountain range, then down the worker access trail and back to Frenchman’s Cove. …
On December 30, IATNL Chairperson Paul Wylezol and Vice Chair Arne Helgeland joined Humber Village resident Andrew May on a short one-hour wintery trek of a new access trail connecting the small riverside community to the IATNL’s Humber Valley Trail. The new trail winds its way up a forested hillside to a barren 900…
Beginning December 5, Ottawa-area adventurers Mike Bergeron and David Burnford made a 6 day/5 night early winter trek across the Lewis Hills and Blow-Me-Down Mountains. The first December attempt of this IAT route was made under less than ideal weather conditions, and was supported by the IATNL, which supplied maps, GPS, satellite phone, and…
Looking back on the IATNL highlights of 2010, no list would be complete without the solo trek by American hiker Lew Coty from Vermont. In August Lew completed the first solo trek of the combined Devil’s Bite and Indian Lookout Trails. The feat was especially impressive given that the former trail is still…
On November 12, the IATNL completed the new Overfalls Trail in Gros Morne National Park. The trail begins at the eastern end of Trout River Pond after a scenic 1-hour boat ride along the south side of the Tablelands, a 2,000ft+ (600m+) mountain range of peridotite mantle rock heaved up through plate tectonics. …
On November 12, the International Appalachian Trail Newfoundland Labrador (IATNL)completed the new Overfalls Trail in Gros Morne National Park. The trail begins at the eastern end of Trout River Pond after a scenic 1-hour boat ride along the south side of the Tablelands, a 2,000ft+ (600m+) mountain range of peridotite mantle rock heaved up through…
The International Appalachian Trail held its Annual General Meeting in Dalhousie, New Brunswick on October 28-30, with representatives from Maine, New Brunswick, Quebec, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland Labrador, and European Coast Alive partner Denmark.
The International Appalachian Trail held its Annual General Meeting in Dalhousie, New Brunswick on October 28-30, with representatives from Maine, New Brunswick, Quebec, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland Labrador, and European Coast Alive partner Denmark.
The two-day event opened Thursday evening at the Best Western Manoir Adelaide, with a reception and…
I have had the privilege of presenting the IAT project in Guadalupe (a city declared Human Heritage by the UNESCO), during the conferences held by the Geovilluercas and Aprodevi Associations.
In this Spanish region, we…