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New Year's hikes!
Hiking the Neusiok Trail, along the south bank of the Neuse River. For each of our GetHiking! markets, we’ve selected two hikes that are beginner friendly (three miles or so,...
SOS! Save Our Summer, with a cool paddle on a Piedmont waterway near you
An intimate stretch of Lake Johnson One thing you love to do in summer is take the canoe or kayak down a lazy Piedmont river. Stay near the bank to...
Here comes the sun: Enjoy an after-work paddle
The growing abundance of evening sunlight makes us giddy with the prospect for mid-week adventure. Get off work at a decent time, bring your gear and you could be ready...
Spring into Adventure: Where to Capitalize on Daylight Saving Time
As part of our March-long Spring Into Adventure series, we look at ways you can take advantage of the longer, warmer days ahead. Last week, we went in search of...
Add a hike to your Thanksgiving celebration Check out these 10 trails close to home
Turkey, football — face it, what you need to make Thanksgiving Day truly complete is brisk hike. And frankly, the conditions couldn’t be better this Thanksgiving Day for an hour...
A taste of North Carolina adventure
In North Carolina, we’ve got more ways to entertain in the outdoors than just about any place in the land. Today, we offer 10 can’t-miss outdoor options that are somewhat...
Last call for 2015 adventure: Go camping in the Piedmont
You don’t associate November with camping. But you should. Cooler temperatures and crisp air make for inspiring days on the trail, quiet calm in a canoe, or the simple thrill...
November: Last call for 2015 big adventure
November? Already? You’re right: technically, it’s not November. The month doesn’t start until Sunday. But it’s imminence should serve as a reminder that the 2015 adventure season is about to...
A Walk in the Woods, part II: Great trails for beginning hikers
So you read our post last week about launching your hiking career — if you didn’t, hit pause and go here, then come back — and were intrigued. You’ve let...
Cool Fun in the Summertime: Triangle
For 12 straight days in June, the temperature in Raleigh rose to 95 or above. With heat like that, it can be hard to muster the will to get out...
Raleigh-Durham: the Best Outside Town, period
Whitewater paddling. 113 miles of mountain bike trail. more than 200 miles of hiking trail (including one trail 75 miles long). A nearly interconnected 280-mile greenway system that now acts...
ExploreMore 2015: Manda Holden — the hiker who almost wasn’t
The following is the second of several profiles of folks who have discovered their adventurous side in our GetHiking!, GetBackpacking! and GetExploring! programs. Read the first, on Susan Levy, a...
GetHiking! Discovering a new Raleigh preserve
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...
North Carolina: hiker’s heaven
As part of our GetHiking! program, which we introduced last week and will launch Sept. 12, we’re spending August extolling the virtues of hiking in North Carolina. Today, a look...
Haw River, Section 9
One of the more fun sections of the Haw: this stretch epitomizes the islands and braids that characterize the Haw as its banks widen and it works its way to...
Little River: Section 1
You encounter a good drop over the first mile — 40 feet — but Paul Ferguson says there are no big drops, just a consistently descending run of Class I...
Neuse River: Section 4
Until a whitewater park gets developed at the base of Falls dam, the one-two punch of the 3.5-mile stretch of the Neuse between Old Milburnie Road and Poole Road will...
Rocky River: Section 4
A good stretch of Class I and II rapids just over a half mile in is followed by a Class III near the US 15/501 bridge. More Class Is and...