The Pembrokeshire Coast Path recently began installing IAT trail blazes along sections of its rugged and scenic coastal trail.
In addition to the most current IAT blaze layout, the IAT Wales blaze incorporates the Welsh language, in keeping with the IAT goal of promoting both cultural and natural heritage.
The Pembrokeshire Coast Path itself twists and turns for 186 miles (298 kilometers)
and takes in some…
On Saturday, June 4 during the Springfest Feather And Folk Festival in southwestern Newfoundland, IAT Chairperson Paul Wylezol accompanied a group of enthusiastic hikers on a scheduled hike of the Starlight Trail near Tompkins in the Little Codroy Valley. The two-hour trek was preceded by the installation of a new IATNL sign marking the…
The International Appalachian Trail - Québec, in collaboration with the Québec Hiking Federation and the SÉPAQ (Société des établissements de plein air du Québec), invite you to celebrate the trail’s 10th anniversary by participating in the IAT Annual General Meeting and the 14th edition of the Québec Hiking Festival on Saturday, September 17th, 2011 in the Gaspésie National Park…
On April 30 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, representatives from the International Appalachian Trail in Maine, New Brunswick, Quebec, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland Labrador met for the Annual IAT Council Meeting. The agenda included a review of planned Chapter activities for 2011, and recent IAT developments in Western Europe.
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In its May issue, Explore – “Canada’s Adventure Magazine” – named the Inner Pond Trek as the #1 Best New Trip for 2011. The nearly complete yet unmarked trail begins and ends with a one-hour boat ride: across Parsons Pond in the south and Portland Creek Inner and Outer Ponds in the north. …
On April 1, IAT President Paul Wylezol and IATNL Signage Director Delano Pittman took full advantage of a beautiful late winter day to head off into the North Arm Hills on snowmobile to scout out the IATNL North Arm Hills Trail, from the north shore of the Bay of Islands to Chimney Cove Valley. …
On March 25, IAT Finance Director Kevin Noseworthy, IATNL Secretary/Youth Coordinator Caroline Swan, and Caroline’s first-year CNA Adventure Tourism students guided three Grade 5 classes from Humber Elementary School in Corner Brook on a 3-hour snowshoe trek to the Hummock above Frenchman’s Cove. The adventure began at 9:00am after a 30-minute bus ride from Corner…
On March 18 at the Canadian Embassy in Dublin, Ireland, new Canadian Ambassador Loyola Hearn extended a Canadian and Newfoundland welcome to IAT Ireland. Also in attendance were IAT President Paul Wylezol and representatives from Fáilte Ireland, Geological Survey of Ireland, Department of Foreign Affairs, Irish Sports Council, Atlantic Corridor, Donegal Local Development Co.,…
On March 16 at their Annual Meeting in Varberg, Sweden, IAT partner Coast Alive officially designated more than 10,000 kms (6,000 miles) of North Sea Trail and North Sea Cycle Route as part of the International Appalachian Trail. The new IAT route will cross much of Norway, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands, and England, and…
"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,…
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…