Blue Ridge Bartram Trail Conservancy
History. Art. And the Great Outdoors.
This month's pooch is named Nova. She's a sweet pit bull who has been with Appalachian Animal Rescue for two years. She's thought to be between 4 and 6 years old, and she's very good on a leash and around people. If you'd like to meet her and walk with our lovely featured dog of […]
Come walk beneath the giants. We will be sauntering alongside the eldest Poplars and Buckeyes of Appalachia in the old growth of Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest. This won't be a super long hike, but be prepared to be on the trail, and potentially in some cold weather. Plan to meet at the Cowee School at […]
This week should be a little less chainsawing and we're getting back to a more regular trail maintenance routine. Location is TBD but we'll be meeting a 9am and working until 3pm. Please bring work gloves, good boots, plenty of water, lunch, any meds you might need and esprit de corps. We will have all […]
This month we'll be hiking into one of the most remote areas of the Bartram Trail, through the estimable Nantahala National Forest between Wayah Bald and Nantahala Lake. There is a chance that Bartram himself stood atop of Wayah Bald when he described the "most elevated peak" of the Jore mountains. Of course, Lake Nantahala […]
