A large crowd honored the 2022 Appalachian Trail Hall of Fame inductees at the A.T. Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, held on October 1, 2022. The venue for the event was the Furnace Stack Pavilion at Pine Grove Furnace State Park, near Gardners, PA. Emcee for the Banquet was Hawk Metheny, Vice President of Regional and Trail Operations for Appalachian Trail Conservancy.
The 2022 Hall of Fame class is the late Jim & Molly Denton of Front Royal, Virginia; JoAnn & Paul Dolan of New York, New York; Laurie Potteiger of Harpers Ferry, West Virginia; and Tom Speaks of Cleveland, Tennessee.
The 2022 Hall of Fame class is the late Jim & Molly Denton of Front Royal, Virginia; JoAnn & Paul Dolan of New York, New York; Laurie Potteiger of Harpers Ferry, West Virginia; and Tom Speaks of Cleveland, Tennessee.
Jim & Molly Denton were primarily responsible for the longest contiguous reroute in the history of the Trail, which moved the A.T. from a rapidly urbanizing area in southern Virginia to a more protected area within the Jefferson National Forest along the Virginia-West Virginia border. JoAnn & Paul Dolan spearheaded the effort to save from development a forested area north of New York City through which the A.T. passes and form the 22,000-acre Sterling Forest State Park. After her 1987 A.T. thru-hike, Laurie Potteiger became the ambassador of Appalachian Trail Conservancy to thousands of visitors, including countless thru-hikers, at ATC’s headquarters and helped to found the Flip-flop Festival, designed to encourage long distance hikers to begin their hikes at various places along the Trail rather than adding to the annual crush in Georgia. Tom Speaks played an important leadership role for the U.S. Forest Service in achieving critical land acquisitions in the South, leading a Forest Service team responsible for A.T. acquisitions from Georgia to central Virginia., including Rocky Fork, Spy Rock, Max Patch and Roan Highlands.
Each Hall of Fame honoree or representative received a hiking stick custom carved by John “Bodacious” Beaudet.
The Induction Day also featured a talk by Trail legend and 2020 Hall of Fame inductee Warren Doyle, the grand opening of the Museum’s interactive trail display, an interview with 2022 inductee Laurie Potteiger and guided tours of the Museum and the Ironmasters Mansion.
The Induction ceremony, Warren Doyle talk and Laurie Potteiger interview were all recorded. They can be viewed either on the Museum’s YouTube channel or HERE on the Museum’s website. HERE is a link to an album of photos from the Induction Day activities,
Each Hall of Fame honoree or representative received a hiking stick custom carved by John “Bodacious” Beaudet.
The Induction Day also featured a talk by Trail legend and 2020 Hall of Fame inductee Warren Doyle, the grand opening of the Museum’s interactive trail display, an interview with 2022 inductee Laurie Potteiger and guided tours of the Museum and the Ironmasters Mansion.
The Induction ceremony, Warren Doyle talk and Laurie Potteiger interview were all recorded. They can be viewed either on the Museum’s YouTube channel or HERE on the Museum’s website. HERE is a link to an album of photos from the Induction Day activities,
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