Welcome back to Day 5 of #BlazeTheTCT! Today, we leave the desert far behind and embark on one of the most remote and challenging sections of the Transcaucasian Trail: traversing the rugged highlands of the Gegham Mountains. There’s no towns up here, no village markets or shelters– only the wide-open landscape, the big booming sky, […]
Welcome to Day 4 of #BlazeTheTCT! Today, we’re continuing our journey along the Transcaucasian Trail, following the 1500-kilometer North-South route that connects Armenia and Georgia. Each day, we’re highlighting a new 100-kilometer section of the trail and some of our favorite people and places along the way. Bit by bit, we’re inching towards the Black […]
Welcome to Day 3 of #BlazeTheTCT! Today, we’re continuing our journey along the Transcaucasian Trail, following the 1500-kilometer North-South route that connects Armenia and Georgia. Each day, we’re highlighting a new 100-kilometer section of the trail and some of our favorite people and places along the way. Bit by bit, we’re inching towards the Black […]
Gooooood morning, intrepid hikers! Today, we’re continuing our journey along the Transcaucasian Trail, following the 1500-kilometer North-South route that connects Armenia and Georgia. Each day, we’re highlighting a new 100-kilometer section of the trail and some of our favorite people and places along the way. Bit by bit, we’re inching towards the Black Seat coast […]
Welcome to day 1 of #BlazeTheTCT! If you’ve been following us for a while, you’ll have seen a lot of information about the different projects happening along the TCT– our conservation corps, our volunteer programs, our maps and trail resources, our supporters’ treks. But over the next two weeks, we want to do something different. […]
If you’ve been following our work for the past few years, you’ve likely heard us talk about the Caucasus Conservation Corps (CCC), our flagship program to connect and inspire young conservation leaders from the region through outdoor work and training.The CCC started in Georgia in 2020, with a similar effort growing in Armenia led by […]
We’ve got one last exciting update for you this holiday season: Our newest trail section, this time in Georgia!This new 74 kilometer stage of the Transcaucasian Trail weaves through pastoral valleys, thick forests, and looming alpine cliffs as it climbs from the low agricultural valleys of Imereti into the rugged high mountains of Racha in northern Georgia.After two years of […]
This post was written by 2022 volunteer Elizabeth Yancey, and originally published on ArcGIS StoryMaps. You can view the original here. Thanks for sharing your experience, Elizabeth– we can’t wait to welcome more volunteers next year! Stay tuned for 2023 volunteer dates and information, coming soon.
Over the past week, our hearts have been breaking at the unfolding human impact of the violent conflict in Ukraine, the escalating humanitarian crisis, and the wide-reaching shocks felt around the region. Our thoughts are with all whose lives are being impacted by the crisis, and we hope for a rapid end to the violence. We’ve […]
Happy holidays from the TCT Team! As we close out the year, we want to say a huge thanks to everyone who was part of the TCT in some way in 2021: all the volunteers who joined us on the trail, the crew leaders who put weeks into their training, the hikers who shared their […]
