On May 30, 2025, Friends of the Mountains-to-Sea Trail officially opened a section of the MST at Bentonville Battlefield State Historic Site. This new 1.2 mile section of the MST was built with funding from the Complete the
On April 29, 2025, Friends of the Mountains-to-Sea Trail officially celebrated the opening of a new trail reroute in the Linville Gorge near Table Rock. The original MST route in this area was horribly eroded and unmaintainable, which
Over 45% of the Mountains-to-Sea Trail has reopened in the mountains following Hurricane Helene. So much incredible work has been done by the staffs of the National Park Service and the US Forest Service, contractors and MST volunteers
Read our previous update from March 25. As a result of damage suffered during Hurricane Helene in September 2024, about a third of the Mountains-to-Sea Trail remains closed from Kuwohi to Stone Mountain State Park. The storm brought
Trail construction for another 1.1 mile of new trail at Bentonville Battlefield State Historic Site in southern Johnston County is about to get underway! This will be the second new mile-long stretch of trail added to the MST
The N.C. High Peaks Trail Association recently purchased, donated and installed two bear-proof steel food storage boxes at Commissary Ridge, a popular backcountry camping spot on the Mountains-to-Sea Trail not far from the Mt. Mitchell summit. The roughly
On September 29, more than 80 people joined Friends of the Mountains-to-Sea Trail and our partners at Jockey's Ridge State Park for the unveiling of an eastern terminus monument for the MST. The monument was designed and built
After a ribbon cutting ceremony on September 15th, a new mile of the Mountains-to-Sea Trail (MST) is now open at Bentonville Battlefield State Historic Site. This new stretch of MST is the first footpath that the Friends of
Roseboro is one of those special towns on the Mountains-to-Sea Trail where not only does the trail go directly through town, but the town and the community have truly embraced the MST and what it can mean for
I had the honor of representing the MST at the Ocean City Jazz Festival this summer. Celebrating its fourteenth year, this festival’s mission is to promote and preserve the history and expand the knowledge of the Ocean City
