Episodes
50/50
May 30, 2023
When the Appalachian Trail project began, volunteer clubs up and down the length of the trail committed themselves to first scouting, then building, and then maintaining the trail.
Iconic Locations: Fontana Dam
May 16, 2023
Today, we’re hiking on the border of Tennessee and North Carolina, to the site of Fontana Dam. It’s the tallest dam east of the Rocky Mountains. Constructed in the 1940s, the dam and its resulting reservoir flooded four town…
The Weight of History
May 2, 2023
The Appalachian Trail is a much more diverse place in 2023 than it was as recently as 20 years ago. But if you spend much time on the trail, you know it’s still a pretty white place. There are many stories about the challeng…
Iconic Locations: Harpers Ferry
April 18, 2023
Long before Harpers Ferry, Virginia became the emotional halfway point for Appalachian Trail thru hikers, it was a site of great promise for the United States in the years after the Revolutionary War. Americans like Thomas J…
The Call of the Trail
April 4, 2023
Throughout its history, the Appalachian Trail has been a place many hikers go for peace, for inspiration, for community, for physical challenge, and in some cases, as a sort of personal spiritual journey.
Iconic Locations: Center Point Knob
March 21, 2023
Have you ever wondered where the center point of the Appalachian Trail is? If you guessed Center Point Knob, Pennsylvania you would be wrong. But it was the location of an infamous crime. Well sort of.
Finding Virginia’s Lost AT with Dakota Jackson and Mills Kelly
March 7, 2023
On this special episode of The Green Tunnel, Dakota Jackson, Director of Visitor Experience at the Appalachian Trail Conservancy, talks with Mills Kelly about his new book, Virginia's Lost Appalachian Trail.
The Lost AT
Feb. 21, 2023
Today, we’re going to tell you a story from the earliest days of the Appalachian Trail, a time when trail scouts were still trying to find a complete route north or south through what was sometimes unmapped wilderness.
Iconic Locations: Damascus, Virginia
Feb. 7, 2023
Today we're exploring one of the more famous trail towns along the Appalachian Trail, Damascus, Virginia.
Native Persistence
Jan. 24, 2023
Hikers don’t often realize they’re passing through the traditional homelands of many Indigenous nations. In today’s episode, we’re focusing on some of the Indigenous lands the Appalachian Trail runs through.
Iconic Locations: Roller Coaster
Dec. 13, 2022
Today, we explore one of the most infamous sections of the Appalachian Trail. Get ready for the ups and downs of Northern Virginia's Roller Coaster.
Crappalachian Trail
Nov. 29, 2022
Today, we’re going to be talking about something everybody does, but not everybody’s comfortable discussing. There’s no nice way to say this, other than to just get right to it. Today’s episode is about pooping along the App…
Iconic Locations: Monson, Maine
Nov. 15, 2022
The AT originally ran right through Monson, Maine, fueling its economy, but when the trail was moved and things threatened to change, the community established itself as a hiker haven.
Uprooted
Nov. 1, 2022
Today we’re going to tell you the story of the people who lived in the Shenandoah mountains traversed by the Appalachian Trail before Shenandoah National Park.
Iconic Locations: Mount Greylock
Oct. 18, 2022
Today we’re taking you to the highest peak in Massachusetts, Mount Greylock which despite being very far from an ocean has an iconic lighthouse.
Gear Up
Oct. 4, 2022
Gear is one topic that every hiker has in common with every other hiker, but the gear you see on the Appalachian Trail today is radically different from what hikers carried in the past.
Season Two Trailer
Sept. 20, 2022
In season two of The Green Tunnel, we have some fantastic new stories for you on the history of the Appalachian Trail.
Craving Community
Aug. 16, 2022
This episode of The Green Tunnel focuses on the rich culture surrounding places to eat along the Appalachian Trail and their connection to the economy within trail towns. It also contains some pretty good restaurant suggesti…
Music of the Mountains
July 19, 2022
In this special bonus episode of The Green Tunnel, we sat down with The Green Tunnel’s own musicians to hear from them about their connections to the traditions and music of the Appalachian mountains.
Hiking McAfee Knob with Virginia Outdoor Adventures
June 28, 2022
In this episode of The Green Tunnel, we present an episode of the Virginia Outdoor Adventures podcast hosted by Jessica Bowser.
Helloooo!
April 6, 2022
In 1930 Eiler Larsen set out on what is the first recorded attempt of what we call an Appalachian Trail thru-hike. He didn't make it in one year. He got a little distracted.
Iconic Locations: Oglethorpe Monument
March 24, 2022
The original southern terminus of the Appalachian Trail changed in 1958 because of...chickens.
Give Me Shelter
March 4, 2022
When you are hiking on the Appalachian Trail and it starts raining, it’s nice to know that somewhere up ahead there is a cozy shelter you can duck into. Luckily, there are more than 250 trailside shelters on the AT.
Iconic Locations: Mount Washington
Feb. 24, 2022
Today's Iconic Location takes us up north to the Presidentials in New Hampshire, to the summit of Mount Washington which is known for the most terrible weather in the United States.