Trail Work

Members of Wild South, US Forest Service Grandfather District, and North Carolina Outward Bound School lined a section of the Mountains-to-Sea Trail with stones today to keep hikers from damaging fragile trailside habitat. (Photos: Lisa Jennings)        

The work day on the Wolf Pit trail today was a huge success.  Dozens of volunteers joined the event hosted by Friends of the Mountain-to-Sea Trail, US Forest Service Grandfather District, and NC Division of Parks and Recreation.  Locust logs … Continued

Restoration work continued today on the eroded Linville Gorge Trail switchbacks below Bynum Bluff.  The crew blocked the many shortcuts using last Saturday’s brush trimmings, dug out an inviting full bench to keep hikers on trail, moved gigantic rocks for steps … Continued

Volunteers worked on the Linville Gorge Trail today, repairing a series of cliffside switchbacks.  Work at this site will continue in coming weeks.  

Friends of the Mountains-to-Sea Trail worked on the slopes of Shortoff Mountain today.  Twenty volunteers put in a total of 180 hours, brushing and digging water diversions.  Don’t forget to come join FMST on this same stretch of trail in the … Continued

  November’s regular Monday FMST work days were canceled due to weather.  A substitute date is now set for November 16.  Note this is not the same event as the December 12 work day, also at Wolfpit. Doug’s announcement is … Continued

This trail section on Conley Cove Trail was slipping sideways down the slope.  Some repair work had been done but was eroding quickly in the sandy soil.  Today volunteers built a rock wall to hold the downhill side of the … Continued

Thanks to the Gorge Rats and Mike Jones, who hosted a trail work day today on Rock Jock in collaboration with Kayah Gaydish of Wild South, Emily Whiteley and students from Western Piedmont Community College, and many others from the … Continued

Crew ends a day of LGT trailbed and brush work by removing trash from the infamous Stump Dump at the intersection of LGT and Conley Cove Trail.