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Want to receive email notifications about meetings and environmental events? Send your email address to Tom Taylor at tnt2703@yahoo.com. Our local group sends emails using a system provided by the national organization with the usual "unsubscribe" option.
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Outings Contact |
Do you have any comments, questions or concerns about any outing or related
issues? Contact Terry Woods, 336-580-0510 or twoodswalker@triad.rr.com. We
encourage participants or interested individuals to offer suggestions, ask
questions, give us ideas for future outings, and to share stories and pictures
from past outings.
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Oct 24 (Sat) - Blue Ridge Parkway Drive/Walks
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Come along with us to enjoy the fall colors, beautiful countryside and varied elevation as we travel along one of my favorite portions of the Blue Ridge Parkway - south from Doughton Park (milepost #230) to the Blowing Rock/Boone area (milepost #280).
Piedmont Plateau Group
Saturday, October 24
Contact Terry Woods , 336-580-0510 twoodswalker@triad.rr.com (email preferred)
Difficulty: Easy
Come along with us to enjoy the fall colors, beautiful countryside and varied elevation as we travel along one of my favorite portions of the Blue Ridge Parkway - south from Doughton Park (milepost #230) to the Blowing Rock/Boone area (milepost #280). There are plenty of nice views and easy to moderate walks along the way to help us appreciate the coming of fall to the mountains. If you have not been to the area or the Parkway you should join us, if you have - come along anyway, on each visit you see something new.
We'll begin the drive on the Parkway about 10 AM., leave G'boro at 8 AM.
We take highway #21 to the Parkway from 77 by way of 421 N, then travel south on the Parkway and return along #421 S from the Parkway near Boone, NC. If we work up an appetite we can find good places for a bite in Blowing Rock or Boone before our return.
We will try to carpool or you may meet us on the Parkway.
Parkway map
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Nov 14 (Sat) - N. Harper Creek/Lost Cove Cliffs Hike
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Come along as we visit a beautiful waterfall and hike along N Harper Creek, then on to the Lost Coves Cliffs to view the fall colors below. Group size must be limited in a wilderness area.
Piedmont Plateau Group
November 7, Saturday
Contact Terry Woods , 336-580-0510 twoodswalker@triad.rr.com (email preferred)
Difficulty: Moderate
Leave trailhead (there) at approx 10 AM., leave meeting spot 8 AM.
We will take two moderate & easy paced hikes in the N. Harper Creek Wilderness Study area (bordered by the BR Parkway and the Linville Gorge wilderness area). The first hike will take us down to a good sized 25' waterfall on N Harper Creek and then above the falls along the creek to some rocks jutting into the creek where we'll have lunch. Then we'll hike to the Lost Cove cliff for a great panoramic view of the coves and the fall colors. We may also drive along FS roads in the area to explore the Wilson Creek area.
We will try to carpool or you may meet us on the Parkway.
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Nov 14 (Sat) - Tory's Den/Waterfall Hike, Hanging Rock State Park
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Let's look for wildlife as we have a leisurely hike from the lake area at Hanging Rock to Tory's Den and back again.
Piedmont Plateau Group
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Contact Cheryl Garrity , 336 427-0413 cgarrityhike@triad.rr.com
Difficulty: Easy/Moderate
The trail takes us through a wet marsh-like area and then over Huckleberry Ridge to the legendary Revolutionary War hiding place. We’ll also get a high view of Tory’s Falls. Hanging Rock is part of the Saura Mountains so named for the Native Americans who lived along the Dan River long before America was settled by European immigrants.
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Dec 5 (Sat) - Hanging Rock State Park
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Join me for a short hike to the top of the world, better known as Hanging Rock.
Piedmont Plateau Group
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Contact Cheryl Garrity , 336 427-0413 cgarrityhike@triad.rr.com
Difficulty: Easy
From this vantage point we may see the surrounding area, including sister mountains of Sauratown and Pilot as well as the Blue Ridge and maybe the Uwarries. Extended views are an advantage of winter hiking. This hike may include a side trip to Wolf Rock if the hikers chose. Hike distance may be from 2 ½ to 4 miles.
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Dec 2 (Wed) - Full Moon Osprey Trail Hike
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Join us in the evening as we explore the Osprey trail on the Greensboro watershed.
Piedmont Plateau Group
December 2, Wednesday
Contact Terry Woods , 336-580-0510 twoodswalker@triad.rr.com (email preferred)
Difficulty: Easty to Moderate
The walk offers good views of Lake Townsend and the moon. Night hikes offer a new perspective of the woods and the trail; often we find that no flashlight is required as our night vision adjusts under the full moon. This improves the chances of hearing or seeing wildlife and heightens one's other senses. You give the hike a try if you have never hiked at night.
We will meet at 8:00 PM, then carpool to the trailheal.
Group size limited.
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Outings Information
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For regional outings information, please check the North Carolina Sierra Club web site at nc.sierraclub.org/outings/.
Please call the trip leader at a reasonable time of day, at least 48 hours prior to the outing, for details regarding level of difficulty and required equipment.
Outings are open to non-members. Invite a friend!
Bring - Water, food, whistle and raingear.
Weather - Trips go unless hazardous conditions exist. Call the leader when in doubt.
Radios and firearms are prohibited.
Pets are permitted only when it is stated that pets are permitted.
Difficulty Level- Hikers should make sure their ability and equipment match the difficulty.
In the interests of facilitating the logistics of some outings, it is customary that participants make carpooling arrangements. The Sierra Club does not have insurance for carpooling arrangements and assumes no liability for them. Carpooling, ride sharing or anything similar is strictly a private arrangement among the participants. Participants assume the risks associated with this travel.
Easy: 0-5 miles and elevation change of up to 1000 feet.
Moderate: 5-10 miles and elevation change 1000 to 2500 feet.
Strenuous: 10 miles or elevation change of more than 2500 feet. |
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Trail Tales - News & pictures from previous outings |
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Trail talk: Full Moon Hike - December 12, 2008
A group of hardy hikers joined me Fri evening, Dec 12, as we explored portions of the city's greenway and the Owls Roost watershed trail on a pennisula of forest land with the trail bordering Lake Brandt. We could not have chosen a better night, nicer people or more inviting hiking conditions. The air was cool and crisp, we had a good trail and incredible scenery- mainly a result of the other worldly perspective created by the full moon, at its brightest since 1993. The world appeared to be an especially sharpe and crisp black and white photo. The 'Long Night Moon' (a native American name for the Dec. full moon) was in fact 30% brighter than an average full moon due to its closer than average proximity to Earth. The shadows cast of trees along the trail were exceptionally sharpe, especially to those who had not hiked at night and therefore had not seen 'moon shadows' in the forest. We had absolutely no need of 'artificial' light (flashlights) on the hike, making it a true night hike.
If hiking interests you or you enjoy other outdoor recreation watch for our up coming outing listings in the newsletter, in the News & Record or here in the outings section of the website. The hikes are well researched and our leaders experienced. Join us on one of the local watershed hikes or one of our outings to the back country..The listed leader will answer any questions you have or you may contact me for general information about attending or leading outings: twoodswalker@triad.rr.com
Terry Woods, PPG outing leader
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