How to Register Your Thru-Hike

Walking the entire trail, whether in sections or as a continuous hike, is an accomplishment of which any hiker can be proud. If you've hiked all of the Benton MacKaye Trail and would like to have your name listed on this page*, please fill out the BMT Thru-Hiker Request for Listing Form and send it in.

Patch and rocker combinations for the:  [1] 300-Miler  [2] Thru-hiker

Ordering Patches and Rockers

The diagram at right shows the possible combinations of the BMT patch and hiking-related rockers. These items can be ordered using either the BMT Thru-Hiker Request for Listing Form or the regular Order Form.
See below for display conventions. See Order Form for additional (non-hiking-related) rockers.

Conventions on Patch and Rocker Arrangement

• A hiker who finishes walking the entire Benton MacKaye Trail becomes a "300-Miler".  This designation is independent of speed, duration, direction of travel, and all other factors.  Walk the whole trail, become a 300-Miler.
• Any 300-Miler is entitled to attach the 300-MILER rocker to the BMT patch. (One 300-Miler rocker per trail completion.  Example: Two rockers would mean two full trail completions, roughly 600 miles.)
• Those accomplishing a Thru-hike on the BMT are entitled to display not only the 300-MILER rocker, but also the THRU-HIKER rocker.  (A "Thru-hike" is defined as a continuous, end-to-end traverse of the trail with no more than a few days off during the trek.)

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