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.
Save the date for an exciting new annual festival celebrating the MST and surrounding trails in Elkin on May 31 - June 2, 2019. This long weekend will be full of family-oriented competitive and recreational activities, educational workshops,
Friends of the Mountains-to-Sea Trail has signed an agreement to assist Orange County’s efforts to build and maintain the MST in that county. “This is an important step toward completing a critical link for the trail in the
Signs are going up along the road sections of the current MST route. Volunteers have fanned out to screw signs into sign posts and paint blazes at road intersections. To date, the signs are up in Bladen, Onslow, Pender,
Friends of the Mountains-to-Sea Trail announced at the Pender County Commissioners meeting on Monday, May 7 that Surf City and Pender County will host its Gathering of Friends, March 22-24, 2019. The Gathering is the annual membership meeting and weekend of excursions for the Friends group that supports the 1175-mile Mountains-to-Sea Trail. The weekend will bring hundreds of visitors from across North Carolina to the area.
Development of the Coastal Crescent route took a big step forward with completion of a Strategic Plan for development of the trail. The 270-mile route traverses the diverse and beautiful landscape and welcoming communities of North Carolina’s Southeastern
At least one person has signed up to hike each leg of the trail this Saturday as part of #MSTinaDay! Pretty darned exciting news. However, hikers on 55 of those legs could use some company. They are currently alone
In honor of the 40th anniversary of Howard Lee’s speech proposing the MST, the many benefits it brings to the state, and our collective efforts to ensure the entire trail is hiked and paddled in one day, Governor
Join the Friends of the Mountains-to-Sea Trail and hundreds of fellow hikers and walkers on Saturday, September 9 to hike the entire 1,175 miles of the MST in one day.
Our panel of judges has now selected the winning photographs in the 2016 Photo Contest. Friends receives so many interesting, beautiful and unexpected shots that represent the wide range of MST environments and experiences.
