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5 weekend backpack trips ideal for summer
The Appalachian Trail through Mount Rogers Had Frank Sinatra been a backpacker, he might have compared Love and Marriage to summer and backpacking. OK, maybe the syncopation isn’t there. But...

Happy 40th, Mountains-to-Sea Trail!
Click here for an interactive version of the map Tradition holds that a ruby makes a nice 40th anniversary gift. Fortunately, the Friends of the Mountains-to-Sea Trail don’t stand on...

GetHiking! this weekend at Pilot Mountain, GetBackpacking! for fall, GetExploring! on a moon-lit paddle
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...
Save Your Summer! Backpacking
Last week when we said, “Yikes, look at the calendar! It’s August 6 a’ready!” it was only August 6. Today, it’s August 12! Yikes! we say again, but with more...

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....