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Piedmont Vistas Part II : Day Hiking in the Sauratown Mountains
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...
GOPC & Patagonia Support Carolina Climbers Coalition
Great Outdoor Provision Co. & Patagonia presented the Carolina Climbers Coalition with a check for $350. Robin Hannon, Shop Manager & Karen Staman, CCC volunteer. About the CCC: “Since 1995,...
Coastal Paddling - Maintaining Distance from Naval Vessels
For our paddling friends in the Cape Fear River area and the Morehead City area, we want to bring to your attention the following warning. We know of paddling customers...
Marine Fisheries, Wildlife Announce Eleven Fishing License Grants
MOREHEAD CITY – Revenues from the N.C. Coastal Recreational Fishing License will pay nearly $2 million in the coming year toward projects to help provide coastal fishing access and fisheries...
Piedmont Vistas: Hiking in the Sauratown Mountains
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...
Emily learns to roll in 15 minutes
Emily (Winston Staff) learns to roll in 15 minutes at the Winston-Salem Pool Session. Check out the video!
Krispy Kreme Challenge
3/30/09 UPDATE: ESPN Posted a video story St. Mary’s & Johnson…just before the hill climb on St. Mary’s this morning. About the KKC: The Krispy Kreme Challenge is an annual,...
Colton Mac, Grandes Jorasses
Mountain Hardwear athlete Kenton Cool tackles the Colton-MacIntyre route on the north face of the Grandes Jorasses Youtube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFYyGa73pzs&nohtml5=False
Durham Shop to Close
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Chuck Millsaps 919-834-2916 EXT 201 chuckm@greatoutdoorprovision.com Paula Harris 919-286-4407 paulah@northgateassociates.com DURHAM, NC – One Thousand Fifty Eight West Club Blvd. has been the trailhead for adventure in...
Mt. Baker Cold Play Tale
Due to work constraints, I was unable to join my wife and children on an extended trip to visit grandparents in Tennessee. MLK day was a paid holiday, so I...
Carrboro River Rats Winter Trip
The “River Rats” from Carrboro, NC and around gathered for our 22nd annual winter trip. We go and camp in early January to a swamp in eastern NC and explore...
Get Lost Trail Runner!
Chuck Millsaps, Minister of Culture The faster I ran the more lost I felt. Not that panic lost feeling that causes you to measure gorp and ration water. Just that...
Snowy backroads to Greensboro
John Flowers No exotic tales here of trips far away places with life hanging by a thread, just a tale of the drive to work on the 19th, the day...
Anyone seen a canyon around here?
What have I got myself into? That was my thought as I stood at Grand Canyon’s South Kabab trail head April 9, 2005. I new there was a canyon out...
Cold Play Tales - Shining Rock Wilderness
Keith G. – Scotts, NC The three of us had been planning a night hike in the Shining Rock Wilderness (North Carolina) for weeks. The plan was to hike to...
Picking up the Pieces...of Frozen Soup
Tom Valone, Founder In January of 1974 my business partner and I sponsored famous alpinist Royal Robbins for a slide show. After the lecture, we hauled him off to Table...