English

Noun

thru-hike ‎(plural thru-hikes)

1. an end-to-end walk of a long-distance trail in one unbroken trek
   • 2004, Sandra Friend, The Florida Trail, Big Earth Publishing, ISBN 9781565794924, page 37:

     … but you can expect a thru-hike of the Florida Trail to take up to three months …

   • 2011, Francis Tapon, Hike Your Own Hike, SonicTrek, ISBN 9780976581215, page 23:

     I shaved my head for the start of our thru-hike, …

   • 2014, Karen Berger, Daniel R. Smith, The Pacific Crest Trail, The Countryman Press, ISBN 9781581572124, page 12:

     … to our 2,658-mile thru-hike, …

Verb

thru-hike ‎(third-person singular simple present thru-hikes, present participle thru-hiking, simple past and past participle thru-hiked)

1. to walk end-to-end of a long-distance trail in one unbroken trek
   • 2006, David Miller, AWOL on the Appalachian Trail, Wingspan Press, ISBN 9781595940568, page 60:

     I've always wanted to thru-hike…

Derived terms

• thru-hiker