The Friends of the Mountains-to-Sea Trail posted this call to action in the latest edition of the Carolina Mountain Club newsletter:
The Watauga and South Ashe task forces invite you to be a part of the completion of the last section of unfinished trail along the Blue Ridge Parkway from Bamboo Gap south to U.S. 321 near Blowing Rock.
Workdays are on Saturday, July 16 and Sunday, July 17 starting at 8:30 a.m. We will meet at the Thunderhill Overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway at milepost 290.3. This is about 1.5 miles north of U.S. 321 near Blowing Rock.
Camping is available at the Price Lake Campgrounds for the nights of July 15 and July 16. Registered volunteers may receive fee waivers. Advance reservations are necessary and should be made as soon as possible, but no later than July 6. Contact Allen de Hart at adh4771@aol.com.
To RSVP, or if you have any questions about the work days, contact John Lanman, the Watauga Task Force Leader for the Friends of the Mountains-to-Sea Trail at jelanman@charter.net, or Allen de Hart at adh4771@aol.com.
Jeff
HikingintheSmokys.com
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The Big Dig on the Mountains-to-Sea Trail
Monday, July 4th, 2011Invasive plant removal on the Appalachian Trail
Friday, April 8th, 2011
In the latest Carolina Mountain Club newsletter is a schedule for invasive plant removal projects along the Appalachian Trail. The Appalachian Trail Conservancy and its partners will be holding several invasive plant removal days along the Tennessee-North Carolina border over the course of the next several months.
Here's the schedule for those wishing to volunteer:
April 9 – Garlic mustard/Japanese spiraea removal (Lemon Gap)
April 23 – The Great Garlic Mustard Gathering (Lemon Gap/Max Patch)
April 30 – Rain Date for The Great Garlic Mustard Gathering
May 7 – Control and inventory of invasive plants (Carvers Gap/Roan Mountain)
June 3, 4 – Control of multiflora rose and Japanese stiltgrass (Stecoah Gap)
June 26 – Kudzu control - contact bob@wnca.org for info (Hot Springs)
July 20 – Miscanthus control - contact bob@wnca.org or lindsay@equinoxenvironmental.com (Davenport Gap)
August 5, 6 – Control and monitoring of Chinese silvergrass (Miscanthus sinensis) (Sam’s Gap)
For more information on any of these, please click here or contact John Odell jodell@appalachiantrail.org.
Jeff
HikingintheSmokys.com
Here's the schedule for those wishing to volunteer:
April 9 – Garlic mustard/Japanese spiraea removal (Lemon Gap)
April 23 – The Great Garlic Mustard Gathering (Lemon Gap/Max Patch)
April 30 – Rain Date for The Great Garlic Mustard Gathering
May 7 – Control and inventory of invasive plants (Carvers Gap/Roan Mountain)
June 3, 4 – Control of multiflora rose and Japanese stiltgrass (Stecoah Gap)
June 26 – Kudzu control - contact bob@wnca.org for info (Hot Springs)
July 20 – Miscanthus control - contact bob@wnca.org or lindsay@equinoxenvironmental.com (Davenport Gap)
August 5, 6 – Control and monitoring of Chinese silvergrass (Miscanthus sinensis) (Sam’s Gap)
For more information on any of these, please click here or contact John Odell jodell@appalachiantrail.org.
Jeff
HikingintheSmokys.com
Hike leaders needed for ATC Conference
Monday, January 3rd, 2011
The latest edition of the Carolina Mountain Club newsletter includes a notice that volunteers are needed to be Hike Leaders and Assistant Hike Leaders during the upcoming ATC Biennial Conference.The Conference, which is being called Virginia Journeys 2011, will be held from July 1 – 8, 2011 at Emory & Henry College in Emory, Virginia (about 25 miles east of Bristol).
More than 60 guided hikes will be offered during the week-long event. If you're interested in leading any of these hikes, please contact Pat Egan at: egans@firstva.com or 540-997-1339.
For more information on the conference, please click here.
Jeff
HikingintheSmokys.com
Wilderness First Aid Course Offered
Friday, October 29th, 2010
In conjunction with the Carolina Mountain Club, the Wilderness Medicine Institute of NOLS (National Outdoor Leadership School) will be offering a Wilderness First Aid Course at the Asheville School Campus on November 13-14, 2010.
The two-day, hands-on introductory course covers a wide range of wilderness medicine topics for people who travel and work in the outdoors.
The cost for the course is $150, however, if you're a member of the CMC, you will be reimbursed for 50% of the cost after completion of the course.
If you're interested in attending you will need to complete an application packet by November 1, 2010.
For more information click here or contact Nan Needs at Nanspath@aol.com.
Jeff
HikingintheSmokys.com
The two-day, hands-on introductory course covers a wide range of wilderness medicine topics for people who travel and work in the outdoors.
The cost for the course is $150, however, if you're a member of the CMC, you will be reimbursed for 50% of the cost after completion of the course.
If you're interested in attending you will need to complete an application packet by November 1, 2010.
For more information click here or contact Nan Needs at Nanspath@aol.com.
Jeff
HikingintheSmokys.com
Challenging the South Beyond 6000 Challenge
Saturday, September 4th, 2010
The September issue of Blue Ridge Outdoors Magazine has an interesting article concerning the Carolina Mountain Club's South Beyond 6000 Challenge.
The South Beyond 6000 Challenge, also known as SB6K, involves climbing 40 peaks in the Southern Appalachians that exceed 6,000 feet in elevation. Although the challenge is jointly sponsored by both the Carolina Mountain Club (CMC) and the Tennessee Eastman Hiking and Canoeing Club, the CMC is the club that administers the program.
Upon completion of all 40 peaks, hikers receive a certificate of recognition and a patch.
The 40 peaks included in the SB6K are contained within 6 mountain ranges: the Smokies, Plotts, Balsams, Craggies, Blacks, and Roans. You can click here to see the complete list of peaks included in the Challenge.
In the aforementioned article, Blue Ridge Outdoors makes the point that the Challenge is ignoring 64 other peaks in the region that exceed 6000 feet in elevation. They make the claim that for the SB6K to be truly legitimate, it should include all 104 peaks. I think I tend to agree.
Please click here to read the article.
Jeff
HikingintheSmokys.com
The South Beyond 6000 Challenge, also known as SB6K, involves climbing 40 peaks in the Southern Appalachians that exceed 6,000 feet in elevation. Although the challenge is jointly sponsored by both the Carolina Mountain Club (CMC) and the Tennessee Eastman Hiking and Canoeing Club, the CMC is the club that administers the program.
Upon completion of all 40 peaks, hikers receive a certificate of recognition and a patch.
The 40 peaks included in the SB6K are contained within 6 mountain ranges: the Smokies, Plotts, Balsams, Craggies, Blacks, and Roans. You can click here to see the complete list of peaks included in the Challenge.
In the aforementioned article, Blue Ridge Outdoors makes the point that the Challenge is ignoring 64 other peaks in the region that exceed 6000 feet in elevation. They make the claim that for the SB6K to be truly legitimate, it should include all 104 peaks. I think I tend to agree.
Please click here to read the article.
Jeff
HikingintheSmokys.com

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