A new trail story has been added to our website from Lucas Wuthrich. Lucas interestingly enough weighed his entire pack and shared that content in this trail story. Lucas also documented a trouble area of trail that others may need to note.Read More
A new trail story has been added to our website from Richard Hall. Richard interestingly enough weighed his entire pack and shared that content in this trail story to the gram. This may be useful to other trail users. Enjoy reading andRead More
On Monday, November 3rd, Dr. Jim Schroeder will be giving a presentation/discussion starting at 5:30 PM at the Shawneetown Library. He will be selling his books and doing a signing after the book talk. The talk will focus on his newest bookRead More
As a final update to the subject reroute, the entire new trail is now completed and blazed. The trail maps 15 & 16 in Avenza have been updated and now are available for downloading to your device. There is still some minorRead More
Back in 2019, Jim Schroeder started section hiking the R2R Trail with his kids who were between 9 & 13 at the time. They finished the trail 4 years later in 2023. He has published a new book entitled On the TrailRead More
In response to numerous recent comments on Facebook, the Society has developed an official policy that is now posted on our website. This page also includes a link to the official Forest Service national trail assurance installation policy which our policy isRead More
The Trail Society would like to formally thank Beth for her donation to the Trail Society. In addition, we would like to call out and thank Trail Society Board Members Steve Melville and Melanie Kasson for their fantastic efforts to support trailRead More
Hi All: On Monday July 1, 2024, two Trail Society volunteers hiked the new rerouted section of the River to River Trail west of the Lirley Trailhead and installed the new R2R Trail markers. They also hiked out on the previous trailRead More
Carmen submitted to us a Youtube video that he created for his 2024 R2R through hike at the age of 71. Our review of this video found that a few video segments were out of sequence with the actual trail. Overall though,Read More
I just posted a short trail story written by Darral Ward on his April 2024 adventure to hike the R2R Trail from Grand Tower to Elizabethtown, IL. Give it a quick read.