More than 40 hikers scrambled to the summit of the highest mountain in the northeastern U.S. en route to eliminating the stigma of mental illness and raising more than $12,000 in the Third Annual Summit Mt. Washington HIKE for Mental Health.

Our first HIKE for Mental Health in California was a smashing success! Many thanks go to volunteer hike organizer Laura Skorich and to the 22 … Read more…

204 days after setting forth from Springer Mountain, Georgia, Neva “Chipmunk” Warren became the youngest person to complete a solo thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail and declared herself “2,185 percent done!” Neva is an amazing person, and we are thrilled and humbled by her accomplishment.

With a mystical fog draping the autumn landscape, fourteen HIKE for Mental Health hikers experienced some of the best that Sunfish Pond has to offer. … Read more…

Recently I had the pleasure of spending some time with chipmunk, a 15 year old on a quest to become the youngest solo thru hiker of the Appalachian Trail. And to tell you the truth, it was magical. The following is my story of the time I spent with her.

“Chipmunk” is on pace to become the youngest solo thru hiker of the Appalachian Trail. Four months and 1,200 miles into her journey from Georgia to Maine, she will pause Friday near the PA-NJ border to speak of her trail experiences, adolescent depression and HIKE for Mental Health.

In 2013, a record number of Appalachian Trail thru-hikers – three dozen – signed up with HIKE for Mental Health. On July 13, the first of our hikers crossed the finish line. Here is his story.

Many thanks to hike organizer Phoebe Kurtzman and the women of Kappa Kappa Gamma of Dartmouth College. With your hike you raised $1,314 for mental health research and trail preservation. With more than 30 registered hikers, the hike surpassed its fundraising goal by more than 30%!

2013 was the first year HIKE for Mental Health went to Trail Days. As luck would have it, on the same weekend we scheduled a … Read more…

In September 2012, HIKE for Mental Health co-founder Tom Kennedy fulfilled a lifetime dream by completing a seven day thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail in … Read more…

“One of the most enjoyable hikes I’ve ever done.” Those were the words used by participants on HIKE for Mental Health’s August 26 nine-mile loop hike in Harriman State Park.

Hikers came from near and far to participate in the first annual “Summit Mt. Washington” HIKE for Mental Health on August 25, 2012, and by all accounts it was an overwhelming success!

Check out photos from the August 25, 2012, hike up the western slope of Mt. Washington.