Archive for the ‘Mountains-to-Sea Trail’ Category

Mountains-to-Sea Trail license plate approved

Tuesday, December 20th, 2011
Late last month almost 1200 people voted in two surveys conducted by Friends of the Mountains-to-Sea Trail to decide the best design for the new Mountains-to-Sea Trail license plate. The voting process resulted in the design as seen above.

The next goal is to sell 300 plates. The North Carolina General Assembly has given FMST only a short time to sell the first 300 plates before the authorization for the plate expires. To help encourage the purchase of the new plates, FMST will enter everyone who sends them a completed plate application and check, by December 31st, into a drawing for one of three $100 gift cards (from Great Outdoor Provision Co, Mast General Store or REI).

For more information on the plates and an application form, please click here.


Jeff
HikingintheSmokys.com

Vote for the Mountains-to-Sea Trail license plate design

Wednesday, October 19th, 2011
The NC Legislature has authorized a special license plate for the Mountains-to-Sea Trail, and the Friends of the MST want your opinion about what that design should look like.

The Friends of the MST have come up with five potential designs for the plate, and are asking citizens of NC to vote for their favorite. The Friends group will choose the most popular plate as the one to "put on the road."

The plate will help to raise funds and awareness for the trail. Each plate will cost an additional $30 above the cost of a standard plate, with $20 being donated to the Friends of the MST to help build, protect and promote the trail.

The deadline for voting is Monday, October 31st. You can click here for more information, to see the plate designs, and to take the survey.


Jeff
HikingintheSmokys.com

Final BRP “Hike of the Week” for 2010

Thursday, October 14th, 2010
Tomorrow is the final Hike of the Week in the Pisgah District of the Blue Ridge Parkway for 2010.

Join Parkway rangers tomorrow at 10:00 AM for a walk in the woods and hunt for the color red along an easy one mile section of the Mountains-to-Sea Trail at the Mills River Valley Overlook near Milepost 404.5. Rangers ask that you bring a sketchpad, journal, camera, or binoculars to connect with nature.

For more information please call BRP headquarters at 828-271-4779.


Jeff
HikingintheSmokys.com

BRP Ranger Hike: Mountains-to-Sea Trail

Thursday, October 7th, 2010
Join Blue Ridge Parkway rangers tomorrow at 10:00 AM for an easy, three mile round trip hike along the Mountains-to-Sea Trail.

The hike will start from the Rough Butt Bald Overlook (Milepost 425) and will take hikers through a spruce/fir forest. Wear good hiking shoes, bring water, and be prepared for changeable fall weather.

The guided hike is free. For more information, call 298-5330, ext. 304


Jeff
HikingintheSmokys.com

MST to dedicate 25 new miles

Tuesday, September 28th, 2010
The Friends of the Mountains-to-Sea Trail will be dedicating 25 brand new miles this Saturday, October 2nd.

The 25-mile section, located in Ashe, Watauga, and Wilkes counties, will be officially dedicated at a ceremony at E.B. Jeffress Park on the Blue Ridge Parkway (near Deep Gap, NC at milepost 272).

After the ceremony there will be a lunch, followed by hikes to explore the new section of trail.

Once completed, the Mountains-to-Sea Trail will stretch 1,000 miles from Clingmans Dome in the Great Smoky Mountains to Jockey’s Ridge on the Outer Banks.

For more information on the event, and to RSVP, please click here. For more information on the MST, please click here.


Jeff
HikingintheSmokys.com