We're excited about all the ways you can celebrate the 45th birthday of the Mountains-to-Sea Trail in September. We plan yearly events to celebrate how far the trail has come since September 1977, when Howard Lee, then secretary [...]
Small Town, Big Trail
I was born and raised in a small town in Eastern North Carolina. Except, for college, law school and 3 years working in Jacksonville, NC, I have lived my whole life in the town of Roseboro (not to [...]
40 Hikes and a Baby
We are sharing tales from the MST as hikers are pursuing the 40 Hike Challenge. Today, Allie shares the tale of her adventures across North Carolina with her newborn son. My name is Allie, and I'm a [...]
Great Day Hike #26: Bentonville Battlefield: Harper House to Cole Plantation
We are sharing tales from the MST as hikers are pursuing the 40 Hike Challenge. This week we are exploring the Great Day Hike #26: Bentonville Battlefield: Harper House to Cole Plantation hiked by Phil, Krista, and Damon Baker [...]
Great Day Hike #03: The Balsams: Waterrock Knob to Fork Ridge Overlook
We are sharing tales from the MST as hikers are pursuing the 40 Hike Challenge. This week we are exploring the Great Day Hike #03: The Balsams: Waterrock Knob to Fork Ridge Overlook (with a few bonus miles tacked [...]
Great Day Hike #24: Raleigh’s Neuse River Greenway: Buffaloe Road to Milburnie Park
We are sharing tales from the MST as hikers are pursuing the 40 Hike Challenge. This week we are exploring the Great Day Hike #24: Raleigh’s Neuse River Greenway: Buffaloe Road to Milburnie Park hiked by Grace Iovine If [...]
Great Day Hike Completer Spotlight | The El-Genk Family
The first SIX people have completed the 40 Hike Challenge, hiking all 40 of the Great Day Hikes on the MST! Nashua and Hussein El-Genk, of Durham, with their four kids, Zakariyya, Ayyub, Kareema and Rasheed, recently finished [...]
Great Day Hike #10: Cone Manor Carriage Trails
We are sharing tales from the MST as hikers are pursuing the 40 Hike Challenge. This week we are exploring the Great Day Hike #10 in Segment 5, CONE MANOR CARRIAGE TRAILS: Shulls Mill Road to Flat Top Manor, [...]
Great Day Hike #15: Pilot Mountain Loop
We are sharing tales from the MST as hikers are pursuing the 40 Hike Challenge. This week we are exploring the Great Day Hike #15 in Segment 7, Pilot Mountain, hiked by Joanne Perri. Pilot Mountain is an iconic [...]
New MST Podcast Alert
If you are feeling glum after the final episode of the Away Message MST podcast series, Julie “Jester” Gayheart has picked up the proverbial podcast hiking stick. Jester, an AT completer, had been mildly curious about the MST for [...]
