Appalachian Trail crowds, parks in winter, cruise trends - U-T San Diego

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<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1"></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNFdUcs0TVfo48zRQSJ8V2ekAlGR_g&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52778739904688&ei=mQnkVP6ZB8rbwQHeiIFQ&url=http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2015/feb/16/appalachian-trail-crowds-parks-in-winter-cruise/"><b><b>Appalachian Trail</b> crowds, parks in winter, cruise trends</b></a><br><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">U-T San Diego</font></b></font><br><font size="-1">The <b>Appalachian Trail</b> Conservancy is asking hikers planning to walk the entire 2,185 miles of the trail to consider alternatives to traditional itineraries as a way of reducing overcrowding on southern stretches of the trail. Last year, some 2,500 <b>...</b></font><br><font size="-1"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNHoIYZ8sd0TBAqf2HkcMVRQ4sw2Vw&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52778739904688&ei=mQnkVP6ZB8rbwQHeiIFQ&url=http://www.registercitizen.com/general-news/20150216/appalachian-trail-conservancy-launches-voluntary-registration-system-for-hikers"><b>Appalachian Trail</b> Conservancy launches voluntary registration system for hikers</a><font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"><nobr>Torrington Register Citizen</nobr></font></font><br><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=d8X21-4Q4TbGNjMnSOhaS-cjZuezM&authuser=0&ned=us"><nobr><b>all 13 news articles&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table>

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