We are eagerly counting the days until we gather the MST community in person again at Lake Junaluska. In this era of continued uncertainty, our responsibility is to provide a safe gathering space, indoors and out. To do [...]
We are so pleased to announce Brent Laurenz as our new executive director. He will succeed Kate Dixon, who is retiring in early 2022. Kate and Brent will overlap for a short length of time during the transition. [...]
On October 29, The Mountains-to-Sea Trail Alamance County Task Force celebrated the completion of the Boyd's Creek Bridge and the many people and groups who were instrumental in making this bridge a reality. The 60-foot steel bridge at [...]
Last Sunday, October 10, 200 people came out to Steel String Brewery's Pluck Farm (a future trail head on the MST) to raise money for new trail through Orange County. The Mountains-to-Sea Trail through Orange County is envisioned as [...]
MST hikers came together in September to hike over 7180 miles in celebration of the trail's 44th birthday! 157 people climbed the leaderboard on the MST Guide to participate in our 44th birthday celebration, with 96 completing the [...]
Fourteen miles of new trail are in the final planning phases, and your donation will speed construction along. Read about our progress and view the map of completed and planned trail sections. Attend this special event to join [...]
Join the festivities as we celebrate how far the trail has come since September 1977. That's when Howard Lee, then secretary of the NC Department of Natural Resources and Community Development, proposed “establishing a state trail between the [...]
North Carolinians have something new to look forward to in 2023. Under the leadership of Representative Dean Arp, R-69 (Union), Representative Hugh Blackwell, R-86 (Burke), Representative Pat Hurley, R-70 (Randolph), Representative Larry Strickland, R-28 (Harnett, Johnston), the NC [...]
Buying clothes treated with insect repellent can drive away bugs and attract funds for Friends of the Mountains-to-Sea Trail thanks to Greensboro-based Insect Shield. The company has announced it will donate 10% of the value of any online purchases of its products by Friends of the MST members, or their friends.
What better way to celebrate a cross country move than by exploring the state you're moving to from end to end on the Mountains-to-Sea Trail? And, what better way to document your journey than by watercoloring what you [...]
