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The following items are gleaned from our GetHiking! enewsletters for Charlotte, the Triad and the Triangle, and our GetExploring! Greenville enewsletter. All enewsletters are delivered, upon request, to subscribers’ email...

There’s no doubt that the growing popularity of the Mountains-to-Sea Trail contributed to Saturday’s record attendance at the Friends of the MST annual meeting. There’s also no doubt that having...

Imagine a transportation corridor running 1,150 miles across North Carolina, yet existing in anonymity to most residents of the state. “The Mountains-to-Sea Trail still remains the best-kept secret in North...

The following items are gleaned from our GetHiking! enewsletters for Charlotte, the Triad and the Triangle, and our GetExploring! Greenville enewsletter. All enewsletters are delivered, upon request, to subscribers’ email...

The following is the first of several profiles of folks who have discovered their adventurous side in our GetHiking!, GetBackpacking! and GetExploring! programs. When Susan Levy’s thoughts turned to hiking,...

The following items are gleaned from our GetHiking! enewsletters for Charlotte, the Triad and the Triangle, and our GetExploring! Greenville enewsletter. All enewsletters are delivered, upon request, to subscribers’ email...

The following items are gleaned from our GetHiking! enewsletters for Charlotte, the Triad and the Triangle, and our GetExploring! Greenville enewsletter. All enewsletters are delivered, upon request, to subscribers’ email...

The following items are gleaned from our GetHiking! enewsletters for Charlotte, the Triad and the Triangle, and our GetExploring! Greenville enewsletter. All enewsletters are delivered, upon request, to subscribers’ email...

#10 GLOVES You’ve got to keep your hands warm and if there’s no power to run the dryer you may want something waterproof… May we present GoreTex: it’s ‘Gear Speakanese’...

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...

Of all the ways we escape into the natural world, the most efficient and effective may be with paddle in hand. Three scenes from the past year: Dusk, a mid-July...

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...

It’s not unusual for hikers, backpackers, whitewater paddlers, trout fishermen and a host of other outdoor enthusiasts to refer to the Harper Creek and Lost Cove areas as “Wilderness Areas.”...

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,...