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Beat the summer heat: just add water
Taking a dip in the Wilson Creek area. When blazing summer temps start rolling in, it’s easy to look at the calendar and say, “Maybe I’ll head back out in...
If you have but one wet summer adventure, make it Wilson Creek
Exploring a pool on North Harper Creek When it comes down to it, what you really seek in an adventure is fun. A bit of a challenge, sure. A story...
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...
5 summer NC hikes and a natural slip n slide!
Since childhood, when we’ve thought of cooling off on a hot summer day, we’ve thought of losing ourselves in a cool mountain pool. Just the thought of a natural water...
Take a hike, fix a trail: Saturday is National Trails Day
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...
Lost Cove and Harper Creek: a 30-year Wilderness Struggle
U.S. Forest Service officials are in the process of a four-year revision of the management plan for the The Pisgah and Nantahala national forests. Currently, the revision is undergoing the...
Cool Fun in the Summertime: Mountains
Don’t fall victim to the popular assumption that just because you’re going to the mountains, it will be cooler. While it is true that for every 1,000 feet of elevation...
Harper Creek, Lost Cove in danger of losing Wilderness Study Area status
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.”...
It's Mountains-to-Sea Trail Month! Celebrate with a hike at the Coast, Piedmont, Mountains
This month, our three GetHiking! groups — in Charlotte, the Triad and the Triangle — are celebrating Mountains-to-Sea Trail Month by hiking the MST. That’s 17 hikes in all, covering...