Trail Information

What type of hiking do you enjoy? Backpacking atop a towering mountain? A day hike to a waterfall? Exploring canyons? Perhaps visiting wetlands to view rare and endangered wildlife and plants? Alabama is truly blessed with some of the most amazing hiking in the country. On these pages you'll learn more about the trails under AHTS' charge and other great hiking opportunities across the state. And if you are planning a trail work day in the state, please let us know by completing the form below so that we can post the info so that other volunteers can pitch in!

AHTS Maintenance Projects

Upcoming Trail Work:

Walls of Jericho: The Tennessee Valley Chapter will be doing a full day of trail maintenance in the Walls of Jericho on Saturday, January 29th beginning at 8:00am. They will be working on the new long trail section being put in the Walls. Contact Lucas Veverka ljverv@yahoo.com.  Contact

Perdido River Survey Hike: Jan 16, 2011

Recap, photos, maps coming soon.

 January 2011 Pinhoti/Coosa WMA by John Calhoun

Coosa WMA proposed trail, Sun., Jan. 2, 2011, “Forever Wild Land’s Trail”

     I decided to drive down and check out the newly flagged route of the proposed Coosa Wildlife Managemant Area trail. I found the parking area on the north side of the bridge over Hatchet Creek at Co. Rd. 29. It had a sign posted, “No Camping and No Fires”. There is a gated logging road 0.2 mile north of the bridge which pulls off to the west (about 2 miles north of Kellys Cross Roads, Hwy 22, or about 13 miles south of Weogufka, AL.). I walked west along this road about a quarter of a mile and saw flagging tape and a track which pulled off to the left as the road curved to the north and started climbing a low hill. I used my loppers and trimmed limbs and a lot of blackberry vines, perhaps clearing about 2 tenths of a mile where I stopped at a small saddle. I’d surely recommend a crew with a brush cutter to keep going on this. I had to meet and help my wife at the Sports Complex, agility dog trial event, up 280 Hwy. so I quit early and headed back north. (driving time = 3 hours, distance = 144.4 miles, total time = 6.75 hurs, 0.2 miles of trail cleared)

Pinhoti Trail, ATCA section, Thurs., Jan. 6, 11. Coleman Lake & “Woodpecker Farm”

     I parked at the Coleman Lake Trailhead and started clearing woody brush. Tom Coffield, I’m sure, will return with a D R Mower and cut the grass later. I cleared to where I’d stopped last Friday, New Year’s eve., at the last bridge on the lake trail. Three “Pinhoti” signs could be placed where the trail comes very near the “Coleman Lake Loop trail”. These could simply say “Pinhoti Trail” and have arrows pointing both ways and be placed so the sign is parallel to the track. Also, a good scout project could be removing the 2 old RR cross tie pieces and several old power pole sections that are near the wooden bridge about 3/10ths of a mile north of FS553D (Shoal Creek Church Rd.).

     I walked back to the parking area , ate lunch, then started clearing the woody growth northward into the “Woodpecker grass and pine lands”. I cleared to where and old logging road crosses the trail (about 0.6 mile n. of the TH) and took it back to FS500 (about 0.2 mile west of the trailhead).

Pinhoti trail, ATCA sect., Fri., Jan. 7, 2011. Highrock Lk. To Pine Glen CG.

     Rusty Wingo joined me and we drove and parked at the north crossing of FS531 near Highrock Lake. We used loppers to continue clearing from where I’d stopped on December 29^thand finished at Pine Glen Camp Ground. There were about 5 minor blowdowns that we cleared here also. So, from Pine Glen south to Sylacauga (about 96.7 miles of trail) should now be in good condition.  

PS:  Long time friend Leal Lacy (and his dog, Daisy) and I hiked all the way through the  Cheaha Wilderness on Monday, Jan. 3.  The trail is in very good condition and we met 3 groups of hikers from McDill point northward.  Some "person" had built a fire and scorched the boulder with the Appalachian plaque on the north end.  We also hauled out a tent, poles, and lots of trash.  All this happened since we cleared the trail on Nov. 9th, 2010.  I really don't understand how food containers get so heavy after they're empty.