Back in August, 2019, Anouk Caron took a bus to Gaspé, Quebec to hike the SIA/IAT. During her hike she made the video below.
Continue readingIAT Ulster-Ireland Receives Grant for Trail Improvements
The IAT in Ulster-Ireland is about to receive a big upgrade thanks to a funding secured through a cross-border cooperation project between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland as part of the Rural Development Programme.
Continue readingSpain Adds Ciudad Real Section to the SIA
SIA Spain has announced the completion of 48 kilometers of new trail for the Sendero Internacional de los Apalaches in the Ciudad Real Province.
Continue readingPioneers of Appalachian Geology
The Pioneers of Appalachian Geology are back! With much help from the IAT/SIA geology committee, the new and improved pioneers page now honors over 30 geologists who have made key contributions to the understanding of Appalachian/Caledonian terranes and to geologic principals in general.
Continue readingThe IAT is in Guthook Guides!
, it took longer then we thought it would, but the first three sections of the IAT are now available in Guthook Guides. And by first three, we mean the original sections of the IAT: Maine, New Brunswick and Quebec.
Continue readingSummer Trail News
Despite the ongoing ebb and flow of the Coronavirus, many IAT/SIA chapters are reporting fair to large numbers of hikers on their particular section of trail.
Continue readingTrail Updates
Trail updates from Newfoundland, Spain and Maine
Continue readingOne Year Ago…
A year ago the founder of the Appalachian Trail Museum Larry Luxenberg attended the IAT’s International AGM and outdoor economy forum in Scotland and Northern Ireland with a contingent from North America.
Continue readingMeet the New Executive Director of the SIA QC
After a few months search, the SIA-IAT QC had announced its new Executive Director. Please meet Alexis Turcotte-Noël!
Continue readingSpring News from the Quebec Chapter of IAT
The Sentier international des Appalaches – Québec has published its May, 2020 newsletter. In addition to COVID-19 related updates, it includes information for hikers on reservations and trail guides, and introduces Alexis Turcotte-Noël, the new director of SIA-QC.
Continue readingThe IAT is 26 Years Old
April 22nd is the 50th anniversary of the first Earth Day – and the 26th birthday of the IAT!
Continue readingA Winter Tour of the IATNL Blow Me Down Mountain Trail
On April 15, IATNL Director Paul Wylezol and a few friends took advantage of a beautiful late winter/early spring day to take a snowmobile ride on Western Newfoundland’s Blow Me Down Mountains, following the route of the IATNL Blow Me Down Mountain Trail.
Continue readingWhen Life Gives You Lemons…
With the world-wide pandemic hanging over us all and long-distance hiking being discouraged, many of us are getting cabin-fever. This includes hiking phenom Nimblewill Nomad (aka M.J. Eberhart).
Continue readingWe’re Back!
Well, that was a bit of a span between posts. Sorry about that. The IAT/SIA has had a busy year and posting stories to the website kept falling to the bottom of the to-do list. But that should change soon! Mainly because we’re nearing the completion of an updated website design and we’re all itching to see our stories in the new and improved format.
Continue reading2019 SIA News from Spain
2019 was a busy year for the Sendero Internacional de los Apalaches España.
Continue readingComing to a smart phone near you!
For the past six months, the Maine Chapter of the IAT has been working with the developers of the premiere trail guide app, Guthook Guides, to create a digital hiker’s guide of the International Appalachian Trail in Maine and Canada.
Continue readingThe IAT/SIA is 25!
Just a concept 25 years ago, the International Appalachian Trail now joins three continents!
Continue readingWalter Anderson Named Honorary Director
At the 24th annual IAT Maine meeting, President Don Hudson surprised long-time Board Member and IAT Chief Geologist Walter Anderson with a formal certificate recognizing him as an Honorary Director.
Continue readingFilm showcases journey through Katahdin Woods and Waters
On August 24th in 2016, an 87,563-acre plot of land in the heart of Maine was designated the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument by former President Barack Obama. Although met with controversy on all sides, the area had yet been explored on a large scale. In September 2017, a team of four Maine-born photographers set out on a three-part journey through Katahdin Woods and Waters to investigate.
Continue readingIAT Signatory to Scotland’s Geodiversity Charter
For its size, Scotland has world-class geodiversity–the variety of rocks, landforms, sediments, soils and the natural processes which form and alter them span a vast 3 billion-year-long geological timescale. It is internationally regarded the birthplace of modern geoscience, led by James Hutton’s great insights on deep time in the late 18th century.
Continue readingIAT Greenlanders Hikes IAT Newfoundland
From October 12 to 15, a small group of Greenland youth from the Uummannaq Peninsula and their Danish leader René Kristensen were in Western Newfoundland to hike sections of the IATNL. They were joined by French film maker Marc Buriot and arrived from St. John`s where they attended an Inuit Studies Conference and screened local Greenland films, including INUK.
Continue readingIAT Attends ALDHA’s 35th Annual Gathering
Highlighted by a blaze of fall colors, Board Members of the Maine Chapter of the International Appalachian Trail (MaineIAT) traveled along the Mohawk Trail (Rt.2) to Williams College, Williamstown, Mass. to attend the 3-day 35th Annual Gathering of the Appalachian Long Distance Hikers Association (ALDHA).
Continue readingIAT Presents at England’s Cook Museums
IAT Scotland’s Tom Stevenson Awarded BEM
Maine to Reroute 52 Miles of IAT
IAT Ulster-Ireland to Host Annual Meeting
UK Earth Heritage Magazine Features IAT
Pioneers of Appalachian/Caledonian Geology
IAT Crosses the Mediterranean into Africa
Scotland’s Mull of Galloway Trail Hit By Storm
The creators of the Mull of Galloway Trail in southwest Scotland are shocked by the damage caused by a recent January storm. Members of the Stranraer Rotary Club walked the trail – which joined the IAT in May 2013 – to view the impact of the wind and high tides.
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