Trail Marshall

Hello current and future fans and followers of Trail Marshall! This is Kristen, owner of Kamibashi and a huge fan of Trail Marshall!  I found his Facebook page one day, or rather some algorithm found Trail Marshall FOR me, at some point last year during his second thru-hike of the AT. Not long before that, the algorithm had decided for some mysterious reason that I should see posts from the “Appalachian Trail Hikers 2023” group, which it turned out I did, despite knowing it was something I would never try to accomplish myself for a plethora of reasons. I do love the outdoors, and as a 19-year resident of Western North Carolina, my husband and I live about 25 minutes from Hot Springs, a town that borders the AT. In fact, almost every person who has ever visited us here has been driven the 30 or so minutes to the long, bumpy, windy, and confusing gravel road that leads to the small parking area at Max Patch. From there, it’s a short walk to the top for the views that never stop. When we