International Appalachian Trail Newfoundland and Labrador

 On January 25, IATNL Chairperson Paul Wylezol and Treasurer Kevin Noseworthy had the good luck of driving to Port aux Basques on a beautiful winter day to attend an IATNL information session.  The meeting was well attended by stakeholders from   Newfoundland's southwest coast, and the drive provided good views of the IATNL's planned trail along the Codroy Valley's Long Range Mountains.

The IATNL recently received news and photos from the first complete non-stop Devil's Bite Trail hike. Though the entire route was bushwacked by IATNL Chairperson Paul Wylezol over three separate occasions, French adventurers Matthieu Currat and Simen Andersen made the first non-stop 4-day trek in July 2009, before much of the trail was completed.

On a sunny October afternoon IATNL Chairperson Paul Wylezol made a trail blazing trek to the top of the Hummock, located 2kms southwest of Frenchman's Cove in the beautiful Bay Of Islands.  This 1,000ft hill provides fantastic views of the Blow Me Down Mountains, Bay of Islands, North Arm Hills, and Humber Arm.

The IATNL held its 2009 Annual General Meeting at the Greenwood Inn in Corner Brook on Saturday, November 21.  Both the AGM and AGM Dinner and Slideshow were well attended, including representatives from the provincial departments of Innovation Trade and Rural Development (INTRD) and Tourism, and 4 of the 5 Western Newfoundland Regional Economic Development boards.

With 3 inches of snow on the ground and more falling, IATNL Chairperson Paul Wylezol and trail workers Caroline Swan, Katie Broadhurst, Curtis Payne, Tyler Grant, David Simms and Trent Foster set out late one October afternoon across Parsons Pond for a week of trail work inside Western Brook Gulch and Parsons Pond Inner Pond.