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Our next adventure: New trail in the Uwharries This weekend is a hike we’ve been highly anticipating: on 6.2 miles of new trail in the Uwharrie National Forest. This new...

A traditional way to welcome the new year in the outdoors community is with a hike. The tradition is even better when you welcome the new year on a hike...

You picture yourself as the adventurous type. What you don’t picture is paddling over waterfalls, mountain biking off 15-foot drops, or running for 24 hours straight. Or buying a wingsuit....

Our GetHiking! and GetExploring! programs are throttling back through the holidays as we prepare for an adventurous start to the new year. Today, a few adventures at the coast, an...

The new year looms: will 2015 see a new, more adventurous you? Starting today and running through year’s end, we’re going to look at ways you can become more adventurous...

This week’s adventure: In our State Parks Again this week, as we take a break from leading our own adventures and gear up for 2015, we refer you to some...

Exploring new trail in the Uwharrie Mountains During the hectic holiday season we scale back the number of hikes we do. That doesn’t mean we aren’t planning ahead. On Sunday,...

Every Monday, our GetHiking! hikers in Charlotte, the Triad and the Triangle receive our weekly enewsletter, including details on upcoming hikes, a report on the past week’s hikes, hiking tips...

Every Monday, our GetHiking! hikers in Charlotte, the Triad and the Triangle receive our weekly enewsletter, including details on upcoming hikes, a report on the past week’s hikes, hiking tips...

Every Monday, our GetHiking! hikers in Charlotte, the Triad and the Triangle receive our weekly enewsletter, including details on upcoming hikes, a report on the past week’s hikes, hiking tips...

Every Monday, our GetHiking! hikers in Charlotte, the Triad and the Triangle receive our weekly enewsletter, including details on upcoming hikes, a report on the past week’s hikes, hiking tips...

Backpacking at Mount Rogers in Virginia By Joe Miller Let’s talk for a minute about backpacking. You mean strapping a bulky, steel-frame pack with 60 pounds of gear to your...

Ten National Wildlife Refuges covering more than 365,000 acres. A 160,000-acre national forest. More than 60,000 acres of additional conservation lands protecting everything from barrier islands to flora unique to...

This month, our three GetHiking! groups — in Charlotte, the Triad and the Triangle — are celebrating Mountains-to-Sea Trail Month by hiking the MST. That’s 17 hikes in all, covering...

Looking for a good place to hike in Charlotte or the surrounding area? You don’t have to look far.A great resource about hiking in Charlotte is the Mecklenburg County Park...

Looking for great hikes in the triad? You needn’t look far… Here’s a rundown of our top 25 hikes and trail networks in the region totaling about 140 miles. From...

Sometime in the next week or two, it will happen. Maybe you’ll be walking to your car one morning and a gentle breeze will send an unexpected chill up your...

The good news for Charlotte hikers? It takes less than an hour and a half to get to the Pisgah National Forest, the gateway to epic southern Appalachian hiking. The...