Umnxeba Umzila weAppalachian yindlela yokuhamba ngomkhondo wabakhweli abadibana nenye yeendlela ezibalaseleyo zendalo eMelika ekuphakameni kozuko lwayo. Kwaye ukuhamba kuyo kuyenza nzulu le ndawo ikhethekileyo ilifa lenkcubeko yalo mmandla.
Yindlela ephawulweyo kwimpuma yeUnited States esolula phakathi kweNtaba ye Springer kwi Georgia kunye neNtaba ye Katahdin kwi Maine ubude babo bebonke bumalunga ne-2,200 yeekhilomitha (3,500 km).
Ngale ndlela, indlela idlula kumazwe aseGeorgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire nase Maine.
Umzila ugcinwa ziiklabhu zomkhondo ezingama-30 kunye nemibutho emininzi elawulwa yiNational Park Service kunye ne-non-profit Appalachian Trail Conservancy. Uninzi lwendlela lusentlango, nangona amanye amacandelo enqumla iidolophu, iindlela kunye nokuwela imilambo
Indlela yathathelwa ingqalelo nguBenton MacKaye, ingcali yezamahlathi eyabhala isicwangciso sayo sokuqala emva nje kokubhubha komfazi wayo ngo-1921. Umbono kaMacKaye yayikukubonisa indlela enkulu edibanisa uthotho lweefama neenkampu ekusetyenzwa nzima kuzo.
Kude kube ngu-Okthobha 7, 1923, icandelo lokuqala lomkhondo lavulwa, ukusuka eBear Mountain State Park ngasentshona ngeHarriman ukuya eArden, eNew York. Oku kukhokelele ekuyileni iAppalachian Trail.
Phakathi kwezilwanyana ezinokufumaneka kwindlela leyo ibhere elimnyama laseMelika kunqabile ukuba lihlangane nabantu. Ukubonwa kweebhere apha endleleni kunqabile, ngaphandle kweShenandoah National Park.
Ezinye izilwanyana ezinkulu ezibonwayo zibandakanya amaxhama kunye neelk, ezihlala kude emazantsi eMassachusetts, kodwa zixhaphake kakhulu kumantla eNew England.