Appalachia Winter/Spring 2026

Since 1876, the Appalachian Mountain Club’s journal, Appalachia, has delivered inspired writing on mountain exploration, ecology, and conservation; news about international mountaineering expeditions; analysis of Northeastern mountaineering accidents; and much more. 

In this issue of Appalachia:
Rewilding Teens: A quartet beyond screens
Why Do We Hike?: A senior hiking group in western Maine thrives
The Toll Ticks Take: Strangest reason yet to give up red meat
Where Drinking Water Begins: Paddling Maine’s Sebago Lake watershed
The Freezing Point: In the Presidential Range, winter’s new reality
An Anthology of Snake Stories: Close encounters from New Hampshire to Laos
Waterman Fund Essay Contest Winner: Immersion: Learning to share for the sake of everything we love