Published continuously since 1876, Appalachia is America’s longest-running journal of mountaineering and conservation. Each issue delivers inspired writing on mountain exploration, ecology, and conservation; news about international mountaineering expeditions; analysis of northeastern mountaineering accidents; poems by leading poets; and much more. The print journal appears twice a year, on June 15 (Summer/Fall) and December 15 (Winter/Spring).
For inquiries about getting or writing for Appalachia, contact Editor-in-Chief Christine Woodside at christine.woodside@gmail.com.
Current Issue: Volume 76, Number 2 (2025) Summer/Fall 2025: On the Ground and Screen
Complete Issue
Editor's Column
The Long Way Home: A Moment in Time Before Agony Ridge
Christine Woodside
In This Issue
Navigation by Smartphone: A Field Geologist Argues That Devices Complement Physical Maps
Richard Allmendinger
Over the Influence: Considering Scenarios Sponsored Adventure Influencers Find Themselves In
Mike Cherim
Barefooting the Northeast 111: A Hiker Discovers the Intensity of Pinpricks, Grit, and Mud
Kenneth A. Posner
Skyline Sketches: The Certain Slant of Light
Daniel Hudon
Skyline Sketches: "Luckily, I Remembered My Gloves"
Laura Russell
In Every Issue
A Peak Ahead
Christine Woodside
Poetry
Loon Lake Hex Hatch
Michael Garrigan
Just Description
Elizabeth Bradfield
Song of Air
Todd Davis
I Went Climbing Today
Chris Kalman
Fishing the Trout Pond at Dusk
Hilary Russell
Photo by Theodore Grover/AMC Photo Contest. Pink Clouds rise above New Hampshire's Mount Monroe, the fourth-highest peak in the White Mountains, one July Fourth.
