National Scenic Trails

New England Trail 2022 (thruhike)

Ice Age Trail 2024eastern terminus to Rosholt, starting with this post

Ice Age Trail 2025 Rosholt through Mondeaux Esker (WEBO), starting with this post

Natchez Trace Trail 2025 – Potkopinu, Rocky Springs, and Yockanookany segments, Black Prairie segment, Highland Rim segment. Note, the rules for a Natchez Trace thruhike as defined by the NPS do not require hiking the Parkway to connect segments, so I did not hike the Parkway. I do, however, hike roads to connect segments for all the other National Scenic Trails, because the rules for all the other trails do require walking connecting routes.

Appalachian Trail thru-hike 2025posts start here

I changed my own rules in July 2026. I don’t think my body appreciates very long distance backpacking. See my posts in North Country Trail, VT for more details. So from now on, I will do 100 miles of each NST in each of its states. If there are fewer than 100 miles of the NST in a state then I will do half the miles in that state. This gives me options. The exception is the Ice Age Trail, which I will finish in fall of 2026

North Country Trail

VT – 2026 posts start here