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…
Andrew and Kristin Graves
Andrew Graves, Management Officer of the American Embassy in Reykjavik, Iceland, has decided to plant some roots in Maine, and the IAT Maine Chapter recently organized a special dinner to welcome him and his wife Kristin to Portland.
The…
Vermont Explorer Lew Coty recently put fingers to keyboard to recount his 2011 Western Newfoundland adventures. To follow – in his own words – is the first of two memorable treks:
August 1, 2010 This was the first day…
Vermont Explorer Lew Coty recently recounted his 2011 North Arm Hills Trek. To follow – in his own words – is his two-day adventure:
July 30, 2010 I made a one-day excursion into the terrain south of the upper…
Matane Gaspésie Photo by Will Richard
Check out the interview with Maine Chapter President Don Hudson at Hiraeth Press's website - http://is.gd/Odi3Hf. Go ahead. Support Hiraeth and the IAT and invest in some poetry this year -- lots and…
On February 24th Hiraeth Press will release its first title of 2012, Border Crossings: Walking the Haiku Path on the International Appalachian Trail by Ian Marshall. The book follows Ian on…
On Saturday, January 21st, IAT Founder Dick Anderson and Maine Chapter President Don Hudson traveled to the Bavarian Inn on the banks of the Potomac River in Shepherdstown, West Virginia to join over 100 family, colleagues and friends to celebrate…
Flagler Films has recently begun fundraising for "A Visionary Footpath", a one-hour television and DVD documentary about hiking the International Appalachian Trail (IAT) of North America. In order to complete this project, they have a total of 50 days to raise a minimum of…
In 2011, partners Ayrshire and Loch Ryan Coastal Path, West Highland Way, and Cape Wrath Trail approved an IAT Scotland route extending from Stranraer in the south to Cape Wrath in the north. More than 500 kilometers (300 miles) in…