Season 2

50/50

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.