Weather
Fog Navigation in the Smokies: A Year of Observations
Twelve months of fog reports from one ridge, and what they suggest about reading the cloud you are inside.
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appalachian trail
Maps & Routes
The Trail Association Mapmakers Who Aren't Paid
Across the United States, the practical maps that hikers carry are not made by the government. They are made by trail associations, mostly by volunteers, often by retirees with cartography software and a willingness to argue about line weights.
Trails
A Rest Day in Damascus, Virginia
The town the Appalachian Trail walks straight through becomes, for one Tuesday in May, a quiet study of how thru-hikers actually rest.