Welcome to Day 8 of #BlazeTheTCT! Today marks a milestone—our last day hiking the TCT through Armenia and halfway through our 15-day campaign to Blaze the Transcaucasian Trail! Today we’re hiking from Lori into Shirak, our final province in Armenia, all the way from the depths of the Dzoraget Canyon to the high plateaus of […]
Welcome to Day 7 of #BlazeTheTCT! Today, we leave behind the forests of Dilijan National Park and head into the highlands as we make our way towards the canyons of Lori.
Welcome to Day 6 of #BlazeTheTCT! Today, we leave the busy shores of Lake Sevan and head into the lush broadleaf forests of Dilijan National Park.
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. […]
Katya’s story about her recent adventure across Armenia continues — if you haven’t read Part 1 yet, now is the time! Katya spent 22 days this summer running the TCT Armenia and captured the Fastest Known Time (FKT) on the trail — no easy feat! While she ran most of the trail alone, she had […]
Katya, ultrarunner living in the UK, spent 21 days and 8 hours this past June running the TCT Armenia in pursuit of the Fastest Known Time (FKT) on the trail. Spoiler alert: she did it! We caught up with her (literally!) on the trail, as our own executive director, Meagan, joined her for four days […]
