At the beginning of April, Friends received the most wonderful and unexpected surprise - a gift of $600 from Triangle Math and Science Academy, a charter school in Cary. Melissa Myers, a third grade teacher filled us in
On Saturday, May 11th, Raleigh’s Ben Strunk, 30, will set off from Clingmans Dome in an attempt to set the trail’s fastest known time (FKT) by completing the statewide journey in 24 days, covering an average of nearly
The first annual NC Trail Days, a multi-day festival celebrating the great outdoors, the Mountains-to-Sea Trail and other local trails, plus the great trail communities in Surry and Yadkin Counties will be held May 31 through June 2,
The Town of Oak Ridge and the Oak Ridge Mountains-to-Sea Trail Committee welcome all to celebrate the official opening of the Cascades Preserve to Haw River Road section of the MST on May 3 at 3:30. The new
More than 270 Friends of the MST came together in Surf City the weekend of March 22-24 for our annual Gathering weekend in Surf City and surrounding trail communities. Our hosts, Pender County Tourism and the Town of
At Friend's first board meeting of 2019, five new members joined the slate: Dr. Bill Blackley of Elkin, Lynne Bresler of Chapel Hill, Heather Cotton of Marion/Black Mountain, Carl DeAndrade of White Lake and Mark Rostan of Valdese.
Friends of the MST staff has grown by two; Ben Jones, as Coastal Crescent Project Manager, and Carrie Vernia as Office Manager. And 12-year volunteer Liz Dean signs off. Ben is connecting with and advocating for local stakeholders
Thanks to a change of heart, a trail to the hidden jewel Carter Falls has just opened along the Mountains-to-Sea Trail (MST) near Elkin in Yadkin Valley wine country. An Our State magazine cover story about the MST
Many from the MST community document their time on the trail. Some of these are shared here: Tara Dower produced short movies about her Fastest Known Time hike in September of 2020. Watch those on her YouTube page,
Local pottery artist Courtney Pernell (#pottercourt) often hikes and runs the Falls Lake trail section of the MST in Wake and Durham County. She is merging her love of the trail and pottery for “art in the park”
