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Got a day to get lost (in the metaphysical sense) with your boat? Belews Lake northeast of town affords miles and miles of mindless paddling. The lake is massive at...

Stone Mountain Loop Trail Frankly, you won’t find the best hiking on the 16 miles of official hiking trail that prod this rugged 14,100-acre park at the base of the...

Ledge Spring/Jomokee Loop Trail Sometimes you’re so busy gawking and taking pictures you don’t have time to hike a great distance. When you’re exploring the top of Pilot Mountain State...

Moore’s Wall Loop On any given weekend, the mile-and-a-half trail from the Visitor Center to the top of Hanging Rock resembles an anthill, with the masses dutifully making their way...

Imagine going to McDonald’s and discovering they serve a killer tomato Bruschetta. Or buying Demon Deacon season tickets, then discovering Tim Duncan has somehow regained his eligibility (and youth). That’s...

Much as you’d like to, it’s not always possible to escape for a full day on the trail. Sometimes, you need a place that’s, say, 10 minutes away, where you...

Driving to the trailhead I wondered if we’d packed enough cold gear. Snow had been reported at Wilburn Ridge with an overnight low in the 20’s. My buddy and I...

by Danny Bernstein – hikertohiker.com As I cross Basin Creek yet one more time on my way to Caudill Cabin, I carefully place my left foot and then my right...

Stone Mountain might be the most accurately named peak of them all: it is a white stone the size of a mountain. And it makes for a great day hike....

by Ward Swann, Winston-Salem Staff Many people don’t see it. Perhaps many people just assume that it is so clear that it bears no remark. But, water behaves differently in...

by Evan Thomas Moore, Winston-Salem Staff Now that you’ve tackled Jomeokee, the Great Pilot, and seen the white cliffs standing silently over the Piedmont Plateau and the raptors soaring around...

by Evan Thomas Moore, Winston-Salem Staff You’ve been itching to get outside all week; the weather has been unbelievable, and your hiking boots in the corner of your closet are...

by Rudy Hayden, Charlotte Manager

A cold tale just in from Charles Bocholis who has worn Layers Thermion for years. Several years back during a very cold snap in the North Carolina foothills, my friend...