Trail workdays in the Great Smoky Mountains

Trail workdays in the Great Smoky Mountains

Sunday, May 2, 2010

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Danny Bernstein from the Carolina Mountain Club has organized a series of trail workdays in the Great Smoky Mountains this summer. The workdays are in conjunction with the Trails Forever program.

Danny has a list of workday dates already set and the possible location:

Saturday, May 8th: Saturday in the Smokies: Lakeshore Trail from the Tunnel Trailhead

Saturday, June 5th: National Trails Day (project under development)

Friday, June 11th: Forney Ridge Trail Workday

Saturday, June 19th: Saturday in the Smokies: Smokemont Loop Trail

Friday, July 9th: Forney Ridge Workday

Saturday, July 24th: Saturday in the Smokies: Rainbow Falls Trail

Friday, August 13th: Forney Ridge Trail Workday

Saturday, August 21st: Saturday in the Smokies: location to be determined

Friday, September 10th: Forney Ridge Workday

Saturday, September 18th: Saturday in the Smokies Workday: Pine Oak Nature Trail

Saturday, September 25th: National Public Lands Day (project under development)

Friday, October 8th: Forney Ridge Trail Workday

Saturday, October 16th: Saturday in the Smokies: Twentymile Trail

If you would like to get involved and lend a much needed hand, please contact Christine Hoyer at 828.497.1949 or email her at Christine_Hoyer@nps.gov.


Jeff
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Local bloggers tackle the Mountains-to-Sea Trail

Local bloggers tackle the Mountains-to-Sea Trail

Thursday, November 12, 2009

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A couple of bloggers long-time readers of this blog will probably be familiar with have decided to tackle the Mountains-to-Sea Trail.

Beginning in late October, Sharon (a.k.a., Smoky Scout), and author, Danny Bernstein began section hiking the entire MST. The two plan to complete trail, which crosses the state of North Carolina, over the course of the next two years.

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


You can follow along as they make their journey across the state. Both Danny and Smoky Scout will be blogging about their triumphs, trials and tribulations over the next two years.

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Jeff
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Danny Bernstein publishes new hiking guide

Danny Bernstein publishes new hiking guide

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

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Just last week, local author Danny Bernstein published her latest hiking guide, Hiking North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Heritage.

As you may recall, Ms. Bernstein is also the author of Hiking the Carolina Mountains, which she published in 2007.

In her latest book, Danny covers 66 of the best hikes in the Blue Ridge National Heritage Area, an area which roughly encompasses the triangle from Pilot Mountain State Park to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and down to Highlands on the Georgia border.

In addition to being a hiking guide, Hiking North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Heritage provides historical anecdotes that help to deepen a hiker's understanding of the region. From Stone Mountain's roots of moonshining and NASCAR, to following the path of the Overmountain Men during the Revolutionary War, to the mystery of Rumbling Bald, used as the basis for Jules Verne's 1904 novel, Master of the World, nearly every hike has its own story to tell.

All of the hikes lie within the Blue Ridge National Heritage Area, a designation signed into law by Congress in 2003. Each hike includes clear maps, complete directions, hiking distance, trail highlights, elevation gain, related books and movies, photos, and much more.

You can join Ms. Bernstein at the official launch of her new book on Tuesday, April 7 at Diamond Brand Outdoors in Arden, NC. She will be presenting a slide show program and Earth Fare will be providing refreshments. For every book sold that evening, Diamond Brand outdoors will donate 50% of the proceeds to the Trails Forever program, which benefits the maintenance and improvement of trails in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Additionally, Diamond Brand Outdoors will offer a $20 gift card for anyone that registers to become a member of Friends of the Smokies at the book launch event.

By the way, Ms. Bernstein recently became a member of the 900 Miler Club, reserved only for those people that have hiked all the trails in the Great Smoky Mountains. A very significant accomplishment. Congratulations!


Jeff
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Hiking guidebook author to give presentation

Hiking guidebook author to give presentation

Monday, February 9, 2009

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Danny Bernstein, an avid hiker and author of “Hiking the Carolina Mountains”, will be giving a presentation and slide show in the Kaplan Auditorium of the Henderson County Public Library on February 19 at 4 p.m.

Bernstein has hiked the entire length of the Appalachian Trail, has reached the summit of every mountain higher than 6000 feet in elevation in the Southern Appalachians, and is currently working on becoming a member of the 900 Miler Club, reserved only for people who have hiked every trail in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Her book, Hiking the Carolina Mountains, is the definitive hiker's guide to the mountains of North and South Carolina. Published in April 2007, Hiking the Carolina Mountains takes you beyond the most well-known hikes in the region. This is the first hiking guidebook to include Dupont State Forest, Panthertown Valley near Cashiers, and the Green River Game Lands near Hendersonville in North Carolina. It also lists eight hikes in upstate South Carolina, an area largely undocumented in other guidebooks.

She’s currently in the process of finishing up her latest guide book, “Hiking North Carolina's Mountain Heritage,” which will be released in late March.

The program is free and open to the public. The library is located at 301 N Washington St in Hendersonville, NC. Please call 828-697-4725 for more information.


Jeff
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