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The trail measured 2,168.1 miles in 2001. The total distance of the trail changes slightly from year to year as trail maintenance groups reroute the trail as needed. An Appalachian Trail thru-hike takes between five and seven months to complete the entire trail. (About 20 percent of hikers who begin the trail will complete it.) The average cost of an Appalachian Trail thru-hike is approximately $3,000 (about $1.50 per mile), not including gear.
Due to the skyrocketing popularity of the AT and thru-hiking in general, the number of 2,000 milers, âa hiker who has walked the entire length of the Appalachian Trail,â over the last 15 years will likely double that of the previous 63 years. For reference, the first reported 2,000 miler was in 1936.