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It’s spring (really!): Take a mountain hike
Doughton Park Whether you’re a hiker who hibernates over the winter or a year-round hiker who loves layering, spring is when we all get itchin’ for a mountain hike. To...

Prescription for summer hiking? Just add water
Hiking Harper Creek You want to keep hiking as we surge into summer, but the heat! Not a problem, really. You just need to make sure that relief — in...

Ease back into hiking with these early season options
Bluff Mountain Trail, Doughton Park Has the warm weather of late roused you from your winter slumber? If you’re the type that tends to hibernate when the weather is cold,...

Go long this weekend with GetHiking! at Crowders Mountain, Doughton Park and on the Mountains-to-Sea Trail
The following items are from our GetExploring! Greenville and GetHiking! Charlotte, Triad and Triangle enewsletters. All enewsletters are delivered, upon request, to subscribers’ email boxes on Mondays. If you’d like...

This Week in GetHiking! and GetExploring!
The following items are from our GetExploring! Greenville and GetHiking! Charlotte, Triad and Triangle enewsletters. All enewsletters are delivered, upon request, to subscribers’ email boxes on Mondays. If you’d like...

New, for 2016: GetHiking! The Southeast's Classic Hikes
In 2015, we launched our GetHiking! Classic Hikes program with GetHiking! North Carolina’s Classic Hikes. Over the course of the year we hiked a dozen of North Carolina’s most notable...

This Week in GetHiking! and GetExploring!
The following items are from our GetExploring! Greenville and GetHiking! Charlotte, Triad and Triangle enewsletters. All enewsletters are delivered, upon request, to subscribers’ email boxes on Mondays. If you’d like...

This week in GetHiking! and GetExploring!
The following items are 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 boxes...
This week in GetHiking! and GetExploring!
The following items are 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 boxes...
This week in GetHiking! GetExploring!
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...

GetHiking! GetExploring! ... NC's Classic Hikes series ...Newbie Night Hike ... Frozen Tundra ... Escapist Reads ... The Multitool
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...

Explore More in 2015: Hike North Carolina’s classic trails
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....
Hit the trail this winter with GetHiking! Triad
As places to live go, a hiker could do a lot worse than the Triad. According to Allen de Hart’s “Trails of the Triad,” there are more than 140 hikes...
Basin Cove Loop
This trip has several options. Starting from Longbottom Road at Basin Creek you immediately have three: To the north, Cedar Ridge Trail takes you up to the Parkway near the...