In conjunction with the Carolina Mountain Club, the Wilderness Medicine Institute of NOLS (National Outdoor Leadership School) will be offering a Wilderness First Aid Course at the Asheville School Campus on November 13-14, 2010.
The two-day, hands-on introductory course covers a wide range of wilderness medicine topics for people who travel and work in the outdoors.
The cost for the course is $150, however, if you're a member of the CMC, you will be reimbursed for 50% of the cost after completion of the course.
If you're interested in attending you will need to complete an application packet by November 1, 2010.
For more information click here or contact Nan Needs at Nanspath@aol.com.
Jeff
HikingintheSmokys.com
Showing posts with label Carolina Mountain Club. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Carolina Mountain Club. Show all posts
Friday, October 29, 2010
Saturday, September 4, 2010
Challenging the South Beyond 6000 Challenge
The September issue of Blue Ridge Outdoors Magazine has an interesting article concerning the Carolina Mountain Club's South Beyond 6000 Challenge.
The South Beyond 6000 Challenge, also known as SB6K, involves climbing 40 peaks in the Southern Appalachians that exceed 6,000 feet in elevation. Although the challenge is jointly sponsored by both the Carolina Mountain Club (CMC) and the Tennessee Eastman Hiking and Canoeing Club, the CMC is the club that administers the program.
Upon completion of all 40 peaks, hikers receive a certificate of recognition and a patch.
The 40 peaks included in the SB6K are contained within 6 mountain ranges: the Smokies, Plotts, Balsams, Craggies, Blacks, and Roans. You can click here to see the complete list of peaks included in the Challenge.
In the aforementioned article, Blue Ridge Outdoors makes the point that the Challenge is ignoring 64 other peaks in the region that exceed 6000 feet in elevation. They make the claim that for the SB6K to be truly legitimate, it should include all 104 peaks. I think I tend to agree.
Please click here to read the article.
Jeff
HikingintheSmokys.com
The South Beyond 6000 Challenge, also known as SB6K, involves climbing 40 peaks in the Southern Appalachians that exceed 6,000 feet in elevation. Although the challenge is jointly sponsored by both the Carolina Mountain Club (CMC) and the Tennessee Eastman Hiking and Canoeing Club, the CMC is the club that administers the program.
Upon completion of all 40 peaks, hikers receive a certificate of recognition and a patch.
The 40 peaks included in the SB6K are contained within 6 mountain ranges: the Smokies, Plotts, Balsams, Craggies, Blacks, and Roans. You can click here to see the complete list of peaks included in the Challenge.
In the aforementioned article, Blue Ridge Outdoors makes the point that the Challenge is ignoring 64 other peaks in the region that exceed 6000 feet in elevation. They make the claim that for the SB6K to be truly legitimate, it should include all 104 peaks. I think I tend to agree.
Please click here to read the article.
Jeff
HikingintheSmokys.com
Sunday, May 2, 2010
Trail workdays in the Great Smoky Mountains
Danny Bernstein from the Carolina Mountain Club has organized a series of trail workdays in the Great Smoky Mountains this summer. The workdays are in conjunction with the Trails Forever program.
Danny has a list of workday dates already set and the possible location:
Saturday, May 8th: Saturday in the Smokies: Lakeshore Trail from the Tunnel Trailhead
Saturday, June 5th: National Trails Day (project under development)
Friday, June 11th: Forney Ridge Trail Workday
Saturday, June 19th: Saturday in the Smokies: Smokemont Loop Trail
Friday, July 9th: Forney Ridge Workday
Saturday, July 24th: Saturday in the Smokies: Rainbow Falls Trail
Friday, August 13th: Forney Ridge Trail Workday
Saturday, August 21st: Saturday in the Smokies: location to be determined
Friday, September 10th: Forney Ridge Workday
Saturday, September 18th: Saturday in the Smokies Workday: Pine Oak Nature Trail
Saturday, September 25th: National Public Lands Day (project under development)
Friday, October 8th: Forney Ridge Trail Workday
Saturday, October 16th: Saturday in the Smokies: Twentymile Trail
If you would like to get involved and lend a much needed hand, please contact Christine Hoyer at 828.497.1949 or email her at Christine_Hoyer@nps.gov.
Jeff
HikingintheSmokys.com Detailed information on trails in the Smoky Mountains; includes trail descriptions, key features, pictures, video, maps, elevation profiles, news, and more.
Danny has a list of workday dates already set and the possible location:
Saturday, May 8th: Saturday in the Smokies: Lakeshore Trail from the Tunnel Trailhead
Saturday, June 5th: National Trails Day (project under development)
Friday, June 11th: Forney Ridge Trail Workday
Saturday, June 19th: Saturday in the Smokies: Smokemont Loop Trail
Friday, July 9th: Forney Ridge Workday
Saturday, July 24th: Saturday in the Smokies: Rainbow Falls Trail
Friday, August 13th: Forney Ridge Trail Workday
Saturday, August 21st: Saturday in the Smokies: location to be determined
Friday, September 10th: Forney Ridge Workday
Saturday, September 18th: Saturday in the Smokies Workday: Pine Oak Nature Trail
Saturday, September 25th: National Public Lands Day (project under development)
Friday, October 8th: Forney Ridge Trail Workday
Saturday, October 16th: Saturday in the Smokies: Twentymile Trail
If you would like to get involved and lend a much needed hand, please contact Christine Hoyer at 828.497.1949 or email her at Christine_Hoyer@nps.gov.
Jeff
HikingintheSmokys.com Detailed information on trails in the Smoky Mountains; includes trail descriptions, key features, pictures, video, maps, elevation profiles, news, and more.
Friday, April 30, 2010
Invasive plants along the Appalachian Trail
Throughout the month of May the Carolina Mountain Club will be hosting informational workshops concerning the problems associated with invasive plants along the Appalachian Trail.
The workshops will be taught by expert instructors who will discuss the problem of invasive exotic plants, threats to native biodiversity, identification of 12 to 15 plants of particular concern, and management techniques used along the Appalachian Trail.
A workshop will be held on each Saturday throughout the month of May and will include a hike along various sections of the Appalachian Trail in the Pisgah National Forest, including hikes beginning from Lemon Gap, Sam's Gap and Roan Mountain.
The first workshop is tomorrow. Click here for the schedule and contact information.
Jeff
HikingintheSmokys.com Detailed information on trails in the Smoky Mountains; includes trail descriptions, key features, pictures, video, maps, elevation profiles, news, and more.
The workshops will be taught by expert instructors who will discuss the problem of invasive exotic plants, threats to native biodiversity, identification of 12 to 15 plants of particular concern, and management techniques used along the Appalachian Trail.
A workshop will be held on each Saturday throughout the month of May and will include a hike along various sections of the Appalachian Trail in the Pisgah National Forest, including hikes beginning from Lemon Gap, Sam's Gap and Roan Mountain.
The first workshop is tomorrow. Click here for the schedule and contact information.
Jeff
HikingintheSmokys.com Detailed information on trails in the Smoky Mountains; includes trail descriptions, key features, pictures, video, maps, elevation profiles, news, and more.
Friday, March 19, 2010
CMC Offers Map and Compass Course
The Carolina Mountain Club's biennial Map Course will be held on Saturday, April 17th. It will be a one-day course, half classroom, half fieldwork. New this year will be the coverage of fundamental GPS techniques.
Whether you have a GPS unit or not, this course will give you basic map-reading skills and the techniques needed to stay found.
Enrollment will be limited to 12 people. To enroll or learn more about the course, contact the instructor, Dave Wetmore at dwetmore@citcom.net or 828-884-7296
Jeff
HikingintheSmokys.com Detailed information on trails in the Smoky Mountains; includes trail descriptions, key features, pictures, video, maps, elevation profiles, news, and more.
Whether you have a GPS unit or not, this course will give you basic map-reading skills and the techniques needed to stay found.
Enrollment will be limited to 12 people. To enroll or learn more about the course, contact the instructor, Dave Wetmore at dwetmore@citcom.net or 828-884-7296
Jeff
HikingintheSmokys.com Detailed information on trails in the Smoky Mountains; includes trail descriptions, key features, pictures, video, maps, elevation profiles, news, and more.
Thursday, March 18, 2010
MST Trail Building Day
The Carolina Mountain Club is extending an invitation to anyone interested in helping to extend the Mountains-to-Sea Trail (MST) this Saturday, March 20th.
The club hopes to have a large group to help complete another section of the MST heading south to the Soco Gap Overlook.
Volunteers can meet at the Moose Cafe at 9:00 AM for car pooling. Or you can meet at the Soco Gap Overlook of the Blue Ridge Parkway at 9:30 A.M. (intersection of Blue Ridge Parkway and Rt. 19 near Maggie Valley).
Tools will be available but if you have digging tools of your own, please bring them.
No prior experience is required. For more information, please contact Piet Bodenhorst.
Jeff
HikingintheSmokys.com Detailed information on trails in the Smoky Mountains; includes trail descriptions, key features, pictures, video, maps, elevation profiles, news, and more.
The club hopes to have a large group to help complete another section of the MST heading south to the Soco Gap Overlook.Volunteers can meet at the Moose Cafe at 9:00 AM for car pooling. Or you can meet at the Soco Gap Overlook of the Blue Ridge Parkway at 9:30 A.M. (intersection of Blue Ridge Parkway and Rt. 19 near Maggie Valley).
Tools will be available but if you have digging tools of your own, please bring them.
No prior experience is required. For more information, please contact Piet Bodenhorst.
Jeff
HikingintheSmokys.com Detailed information on trails in the Smoky Mountains; includes trail descriptions, key features, pictures, video, maps, elevation profiles, news, and more.
Friday, March 5, 2010
Carolina Mountain Club News
The Carolina Mountain Club just published their latest newsletter. There are a couple of items hikers might be interested in:
* Longtime hiker and Carolina Mountain Club member Bruce Bente will share pictures and stories from his trip last fall to Rocky Mountain National Park. Bruce will be at Diamond Brand Outdoors on Tuesday, March 9th, at 7 p.m. Diamond Brand Outdoors is located at 2623 Hendersonville Rd. in Arden.
* Author Danny Bernstein will be presenting a slide show entitled Hiking North Carolina's Blue Ridge Heritage at the Henderson County Library on Thursday March 18 at 4 P.M. For each book sold, Diamond Brand Outdoors will donate two dollars to one of their favorite charities - Muddy Sneakers. The library is located at 301 N Washington Street in Hendersonville (call 828-697-4725 for more details).
* Ms. Bernstein recently returned from a trip to Big Bend National Park where she spent time hiking in the Chisos Mountains. She has a couple of postings about her trip including several pictures on her blog.
Jeff
HikingintheSmokys.com Detailed information on trails in the Smoky Mountains; includes trail descriptions, key features, pictures, video, maps, elevation profiles, news, and more.
* Longtime hiker and Carolina Mountain Club member Bruce Bente will share pictures and stories from his trip last fall to Rocky Mountain National Park. Bruce will be at Diamond Brand Outdoors on Tuesday, March 9th, at 7 p.m. Diamond Brand Outdoors is located at 2623 Hendersonville Rd. in Arden.
* Author Danny Bernstein will be presenting a slide show entitled Hiking North Carolina's Blue Ridge Heritage at the Henderson County Library on Thursday March 18 at 4 P.M. For each book sold, Diamond Brand Outdoors will donate two dollars to one of their favorite charities - Muddy Sneakers. The library is located at 301 N Washington Street in Hendersonville (call 828-697-4725 for more details).
* Ms. Bernstein recently returned from a trip to Big Bend National Park where she spent time hiking in the Chisos Mountains. She has a couple of postings about her trip including several pictures on her blog.
Jeff
HikingintheSmokys.com Detailed information on trails in the Smoky Mountains; includes trail descriptions, key features, pictures, video, maps, elevation profiles, news, and more.
Friday, January 15, 2010
CMC takes position on future route of MST in Smokies
In the latest addition of the Carolina Mountain Club E-newsletter, the hiking club announced it's position on building and maintaining the Mountains-to-Sea Trail through the Great Smoky Mountain National Park.
Here's the statement from the club newsletter:
CMC remains committed to building and maintaining the Mountains-to-Sea Trail (MST) from Heintooga Ridge Road at Wolf Laurel Gap (MP 458.2 on the Blue Ridge Parkway) to Black Mountain Campground east of Mount Mitchell.
The MST is complete in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park from Clingmans Dome to Mingus Mill.
Three routes are under discussion for connecting the two pieces of the MST.
1) Across the Qualla Boundary to the Oconaluftee River Trail to Mingus Mill.
2) On Blue Ridge Parkway land to the Oconaluftee River Trail to Mingus Mill.
3) From the current MST on Newton Bald Trail, along a series of existing trails in GSMNP to Polls Gap and on Heintooga Ridge Road.
CMC supports Option 3, using existing trails in GSMNP to complete the MST, as it offers the quickest and easiest way to complete the MST in our area. CMC will not commit to further trail building on the MST, should either Option 1 or Option 2 be chosen.
Below is a map of the route the CMC supports:
The proposed route drops down to the Smokemont Campground from the Newton Bald Trail. From the campground, the trail follows the Bradley Fork Trail, Chasteen Creek, Hughes Ridge, Enloe Creek, Hyatt Ridge, Beech Gap, Balsam Mountain, Mt. Sterling Ridge, Pretty Hollow, down the Cataloochee Road to the Rough Fork Trail and on to Polls Gap.
When fully completed, the Mountains-to-Sea Trail will stretch roughly 1000 miles from Clingmans Dome in the Smokies to Jockey’s Ridge on the NC Outer Banks.
Jeff
HikingintheSmokys.com Detailed information on trails in the Smoky Mountains; includes trail descriptions, key features, pictures, video, maps, elevation profiles, news, hiking gear store, and more.
Here's the statement from the club newsletter:
CMC remains committed to building and maintaining the Mountains-to-Sea Trail (MST) from Heintooga Ridge Road at Wolf Laurel Gap (MP 458.2 on the Blue Ridge Parkway) to Black Mountain Campground east of Mount Mitchell.
The MST is complete in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park from Clingmans Dome to Mingus Mill.
Three routes are under discussion for connecting the two pieces of the MST.
1) Across the Qualla Boundary to the Oconaluftee River Trail to Mingus Mill.
2) On Blue Ridge Parkway land to the Oconaluftee River Trail to Mingus Mill.
3) From the current MST on Newton Bald Trail, along a series of existing trails in GSMNP to Polls Gap and on Heintooga Ridge Road.
CMC supports Option 3, using existing trails in GSMNP to complete the MST, as it offers the quickest and easiest way to complete the MST in our area. CMC will not commit to further trail building on the MST, should either Option 1 or Option 2 be chosen.
Below is a map of the route the CMC supports:
The proposed route drops down to the Smokemont Campground from the Newton Bald Trail. From the campground, the trail follows the Bradley Fork Trail, Chasteen Creek, Hughes Ridge, Enloe Creek, Hyatt Ridge, Beech Gap, Balsam Mountain, Mt. Sterling Ridge, Pretty Hollow, down the Cataloochee Road to the Rough Fork Trail and on to Polls Gap.When fully completed, the Mountains-to-Sea Trail will stretch roughly 1000 miles from Clingmans Dome in the Smokies to Jockey’s Ridge on the NC Outer Banks.
Jeff
HikingintheSmokys.com Detailed information on trails in the Smoky Mountains; includes trail descriptions, key features, pictures, video, maps, elevation profiles, news, hiking gear store, and more.
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