Nchighpeaks.org Website Review

hiking in the black mountains and toe river valley near burnsville, north carolina is a very rewarding experience. the area has a wide variety of terrain to explore ranging from lush river valleys to majestic mountain ridges.  at  6,684 foot elevation, mount mitchell hikers looking for adventure and gorgeous views are invited to test their endurance and earn a cool patch by completing the black mountains hiking challenge, a rigorous set of 23 hikes that includes all the official trails in the highest mountain range in the eastern due to the expected winter storm, these two hikes have now been cancelled. click on each of the following links to view the slide presentation from the annual meeting.  please bring your binoculars, and dress for the weather, we will bird rain or shine only cancelling if morning travel conditions are join high peaks for scenic & historic hikes nov. 17 (rescheduled from nov. 10)! please see information below. join the nc high peaks trail as*ociation on sat., nov. 17 for one of two hikes along the mountains-to-sea trail, with both hikes including a visit to the ruins of the historic rattlesnake lodge near the blue ridge parkway. this fall birders were lucky to see a kirtland's warbler (setophaga kirtlandii) at ridge junction on the blue ridge parkway where the mt. mitchell state park road heads diverges. nearly extinct in the 1970’s, when only around 500 individuals were known to exist, it had.  and greatly enjoy reading about the wonderful hikes that your group takes in the western carolina area !!    as avid hikers who love. the outdoors, we thought that some of you might be interested in knowing about our hiking project for at-risk kids which takes place at.