Journals/Trail Reports

Many trekkers have shared experiences from their time on the Trail.  Reports range from print records that predate social media to video productions available on YouTube.  The following are what we have found and, in the case of websites, the links have been tested.  However, if you have a problem loading any, let us know.  A few accounts are not available through the internet so pdf files have been created for download.  If we have missed your contribution and would like to have it added to the list, let us know via Email.
Some trekkers have posted to more than one site and each link is underlined separately. In some cases we could not determine surnames or dates from the information provided - we can only work with the material in-hand.

Backpacking
by Year
1942 (dogteam)
Guy H. Blanchet

1948 (vehicle/on foot)
Jeanne and Tom Connolly

1974
C.A. Lewis

1982
Pamphlet

1988
S.R. (Sandy) Gage

1990
Larry Pynn (first record of cyclists doing the full Trail)

1993
Tim Hawkings

1995
Steve Howe (go to page 64)

1996
Michael Teut

1997
J. Robert Harris (Chapter 6)
Bryan Much/Jonathan Phibbs

1998
Steve Queen/Dave Cobb/Roberta Cobb

2000
Chris Ferguson/Bruce Kirkby
Peter Ion

2004
Bruce Pully/Larry Skalak/Sam Skalak
Steve Tambosso

2006
Ryan Murdock/Colin O'Connor

2007
Istvan Hernadi (Flickr)

2010
David Arbeau/Rupert Dook/Sammy the packing pooch
(to the best of our knowledge, these gentlemen have the record for number of through hikes - 2008, 2010, 2013 and 2016)

2012
Wendy (couldn't discern her last name)

2014
Dwayne Wohlgemuth/Leanne Robinson (Arctic Tern)

2016
Dioko/Dutch/Greg (full names not provided)

We will be updating the content as time permits and as new material becomes available.