Blue Ridge Bartram Trail Conservancy
History. Art. And the Great Outdoors.
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 we'll be back in North Carolina (barely), cleaning up the section between Hale Ridge Road and Osage Overlook. We'll meet at Hale Ridge Rd Trailhead at 9am and work out and back from there. Please bring work gloves, good boots, plenty of water, lunch, any meds you might need and esprit de corps. […]
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 […]