The Appalachian Trail Thru-Hikers' Companion is the only official ATC guidebook for thru-hikers, section-hikers and day-hikers on the Appalachian Trail. It contains a mountain's worth of information and data on shelters, water sources, town services and other hiker-oriented facilities along the 2,192-mile trail. The information is compiled and published every year by ALDHA volunteers -- many of them long-traveled veterans of the A.T. -- with valuable input from the staff of the Appalachian Trail Conservancy. It contains up-to-the-minute knowledge of the A.T. from current hikers and trail maintainers and provides essential information on hiker-oriented services on and near the trail. “This book is essential for planning an A.T. hike. We bought it for our daughter and had to return it because it is SO essential, someone else got her one as well. ... Order it as early in the year as you can and you will pay a lower price. It is worth EVERY CENT you have to pay if you are going to thru-hike the A.T.” — Stephen Bothelon, posted January 2, 2017, on Amazon.com It is available for sale online and at most outfitters, as well as bookstores that cater to outdoor interests. The book is edited by Robert "Sly" Sylvester with research by more than three dozen thru-hiker volunteers in 14 states, backed by the first-hand information of the trail's volunteer and staff maintainers and managers, as well as extensive information from the current edition of the A.T. Data Book. There are 288 pages with maps, illustrations, equipment-makers' toll-free numbers and trail town post office hours. It's the only official guidebook for thru-hikes of the Appalachian Trail.
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