![]() ![]() The most commonly referred blazes are White, Blue, and Yellow. Some are real, as in you’ll see them painted in the woods, but others are more conceptual to describe behavior. Here’s an inventory of the various blazes that I heard described while on my thru-hike. It’s the best way I have found to save on new backpacking gear. HIKER HACK: Heading out on the AT for a weekend jaunt or end to end thru-hike? I highly recommend becoming a member of the REI.com Co-Op to take advantage of their 10% rebate on gear purchases. For example, if a hiker is following Blue Blazes that mark a side trail or alternate route to the Appalachian Trail, then a hiker is Blue Blazing. And in most cases the activities are communicated as “blazing”. ![]() These 2 inch by 6 inch vertical rectangles are painted in white paint on trees, rocks, and sign posts, showing hikers the Appalachian Trail.īeyond the White Blazes, however, people have dreamed up all sorts of other colored blazes to indicate different activities on the trail. Up and down the roughly 2,170 miles of Appalachian Trail, you will see White Blazes, and everyone know’s what the white blaze means. They even have weird but often meaningful names for one other, called trail names. The members of the Appalachian Trail community, including hikers, townspeople, and trail maintainers, share some unique vocabulary specific to the features and nature of the Appalachian Trail. The author refreshing the paint on a White Blaze on the Appalachian Trail ![]()
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