Maine and New Hampshire are considered the most challenging of the trail’s 14 states, and for southbound Appalachian Trail hikers, Pennsylvania can actually be a welcome respite.

Source: https://www.mcall.com/2023/06/18/rocksylvania-appalachian-trail/

The Iditarod Trail Invitational, a bike, ski and foot race, travels from Knik Lake near Anchorage to the interior community of McGrath, continuing to the Bering Sea before reaching the trail’s conclusion in Nome.

Source: https://alaskapublic.org/2023/03/17/anchorage-man-wins-2023-iditarod-trail-invitational/

The trail’s reality has been a long time coming, as the team began dreaming several years ago about building its own trail on WAHS property.

Source: https://www.crozetgazette.com/2023/11/03/wahs-mountain-bikers-build-a-trail-of-their-own/