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Get backpacking with us in 2019
GetBackpacking! guide Brandon Hicks counsels the curious on weight loss. At Saturday’s informal GetBackpacking! Backpacking Get-together with Fiddlin’ Fish Brewery, we talked with all sorts of folks. There were the...
5 weekend backpack trips ideal for summer
The Appalachian Trail through Mount Rogers Had Frank Sinatra been a backpacker, he might have compared Love and Marriage to summer and backpacking. OK, maybe the syncopation isn’t there. But...
It’s spring (really!): Take a mountain hike
Doughton Park Whether you’re a hiker who hibernates over the winter or a year-round hiker who loves layering, spring is when we all get itchin’ for a mountain hike. To...
Thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail: Susan Levy
As a part of our Pints & Paths programs with GetGoingNC.com, Susan Levy shared her experiences and tips for thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail. We spent the the first part of...
Total Eclipse 2017: Where will you be when the light goes out?
Cheoah Bald may be the most remote of our viewing venues (photo: themortons.org) It’s a given that you know what you’ll be doing the afternoon of Monday, Aug. 21. The...
Top 10 Secret Adventures: Virginia
New River Trail (photo: Rails-to-Trails Conservancy) 1. Devil’s Marbleyard, James Face Wilderness west of Lynchburg. Hiking. This is just the weirdest thing, to be hiking in the lush Blue Ridge...
Meet Jaala, our backpacking guru
Jaala on the Pacific Crest Trail, specifically on the Knife Edge in the Goat Rocks Wilderness in Washington. One day Jaala was a runner with little outdoor experience. The next,...
Top 10 Secret Summer Adventures: Mountains
Paddle the riffly New River Over the past two weeks we’ve been reminding you that summer is half over, and gently encouraging you to not let the rest of the...
GetBackpacking! Resource Page: Tips to help you get started — and keep you going
GetBackpacking! Intro to Backpacking Class of February 2017 We love backpacking. We sell lots of useful, essential and fun backpacking gear, our GetBackpacking! program helps you learn the ropes, then...
Go long this weekend with GetHiking! at Crowders Mountain, Doughton Park and on the Mountains-to-Sea Trail
The following items are from our GetExploring! Greenville and GetHiking! Charlotte, Triad and Triangle enewsletters. All enewsletters are delivered, upon request, to subscribers’ email boxes on Mondays. If you’d like...
GetHiking! in the Smokies, GetExploring! on a moonlit paddle, and more
The following items are from our GetExploring! Greenville and GetHiking! Charlotte, Triad and Triangle enewsletters. All enewsletters are delivered, upon request, to subscribers’ email boxes on Mondays. If you’d like...
This week, GetHiking! after work at Haw River, Umstead
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GetHiking! this weekend at Pilot Mountain, GetBackpacking! for fall, GetExploring! on a moon-lit paddle
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GetHiking! the Southern Appalachians' Classic Hikes: Smokies, AT, Mount Rogers
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This Week in GetHiking! and GetExploring!
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This Week in GetHiking! and GetExploring!
The following items are from our GetExploring! Greenville and GetHiking! Charlotte, Triad and Triangle enewsletters. All enewsletters are delivered, upon request, to subscribers’ email boxes on Mondays. If you’d like...
This week in GetHiking!, GetExploring!
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This week in GetHiking!, GetExploring!
The following items are from our GetExploring! Greenville and GetHiking! Charlotte, Triad and Triangle enewsletters. All enewsletters are delivered, upon request, to subscribers’ email boxes on Mondays. If you’d like...