What we’re about
The primary purpose of this group is to support a community of volunteers focused on building, enhancing and maintaining North Carolina's premier hiking trail, the Mountains-to-Sea Trail!
The Mountains-to-Sea Trail, stretches 1,175 miles from Clingmans Dome State Park in the Great Smoky Mountains to Jockey's Ridge State Park on the Outer Banks. The trail showcases our state's diverse landscape and culture: mountain vistas, rolling Piedmont farms, picture-postcard colonial towns, weathered tobacco barns, old textile villages, country churches, rushing mountain streams, coastal swamps, hardwood and pine forests, lighthouses, sand dunes and miles of seashore.
In addition to joining us on Meetup, where we post numerous MST workdays, we also hope you'll visit the FMST website ( https://www.mountainstoseatrail.org) to learn more about this wonderful backyard resource and ask that you consider becoming a Friend of the Mountains-to-Sea Trail at:
https://mountainstoseatrail.org//get-involved/become-a-member/
If you'd like to help build and maintain the trail and don't see a workday in your area posted on this Meetup group site, FMST has a workday going on somewhere in the state almost every weekend of the year and on some weekdays too. For more information contact the trail crew leader in your vicinity. You can find a list of crew leaders at:
https://mountainstoseatrail.org/get-involved/trail-workdays/
Come help enhance and give back to hiking in North Carolina by helping build, enhance and maintain the Mountains-to-Sea Trail!
Upcoming events (2)
See all- Orange County MST Workday - Saturday, December 14thOcconeechee Speedway, Hillsborough, NC
WORKDAY LEADER:
Bill Boyarsky, FMST Task Force Leader, Orange CountyFor complete details about this workday, including the preliminary planned activities for the day and a list of 2024 workdays be sure to click on either of the following links:
Orange County MST Workday, Dec. 14th or if you prefer En español
Below is a summary of Bill's notes:
Hi Friends (of the Mountains-to-Sea Trail),
On our December workday, we will return to the Occoneechee Speedway to continue the ongoing battle with Autumn Olive and other invasive plants.
Date, Time: Saturday, December 14th, 2024, 9 am - 2 pm. If you can't stay for the entire time, please know that we are deeply appreciative of any effort you contribute.
Meeting Location: The Historic Occoneechee Speedway parking lot (320 Elizabeth Brady Road, Hillsborough 27278). [36.07012, -79.08543]
If you can join the team: Please respond by email to [email protected] by Tuesday, Dec. 10th-- your response informs the breakfast preparation and tools that will await you, helps me plan the day, and puts you on the notification list for further updates (about this workday) or a workday cancellation message.
What to bring: You need to wear appropriate-for-the-weather work clothes (that can get dirty), solid shoes or boots, and work gloves. Bring lunch (if you plan to work into the afternoon), snacks, and water, . If you have a favorite tool, bring it.
What we bring: We will provide all tools, extra work gloves, and instructions. If you are new to this kind of activity, there will be experienced volunteers within asking distance: we are a supportive trail community that loves to grow.
Cancellation: If the workday is cancelled due to bad weather an email will be sent out no later than 8:00 p.m. the day preceding the workday, to those who RSVP'ed to [email protected].
Safety:
> Use tools carefully. If you do not know how to use a particular tool, or what to do in a particular circumstance please ask. Do not work too close together -- avoid hitting the person next to you. When walking past another volunteer, please say something so they know you are approaching.
> Do not lift anything heavier than you can comfortably lift -- know your own limits.
> Take plenty of breaks. Make sure to drink plenty of water, even when it's cold outside.
> Undertake different tasks with different tools throughout the day.
> Be aware of ticks, chiggers, snakes, stinging insects, and poison ivy.If you are not on our Eno/Orange County workday announcements email list (to get announcements like this one), but would like to be, let me know by email.
Next Orange County MST workdays (RSVP to Bill)*
- Jan 4
- Feb 8
- Mar 8
- Apr 12
- May 10
- Jun 14
Next Eno MST workdays (RSVP to Fred )*
- Dec ??? soon TBA
- Jan 25
- Feb 22
- Mar 29
- Apr 19
- May 17
- Jun 7
Next Alamance County MST workdays (RSVP to Andrew )*
The AC team is working on trail along the Haw River. Andrew, the Task Force Leader, would welcome email about a workday or a request to be added to his Workday Announcement email list.- Dec 21
- Jan 18
- Feb 15
- Mar 15
- Apr 19
- May 17
- Jun 21
* If clicking RSVP email link doesn't automatically open new email message, right click link, choose "copy email address", then open new email and paste in address.)
And thanks for all you do for the Mountains-To-Sea Trail,
Bill Boyarsky, FMST Task Force Leader, Orange CountyCheck out the Friends of the Mountains-To-Sea Trail website: https://mountainstoseatrail.org/
- Annual Durham to Hillsborough Hike - 2025Eno River Public Parking Deck, Hillsborough, NC
TIME/DATE: 9 am / Saturday, January 11th, 2025
RAIN DATE: Sunday, January 12thFor complete details about this event including very important logistics click:
Annual Durham to Hillsborough hike - 2025 or if you prefer En españolImportant: About half this hike will be a bushwhack: over unmaintained social or no trail, uneven ground with possible holes, through sections of high brush, crossing drainages and one stream, potentially marshy areas and some quite steep slopes. If the ground is wet, there may be slippery sections. The total hike is roughly 9 miles. In the past it has taken 6-7 hrs to complete.
If you can join us: Please respond by email to [email protected] by Jan 7, 2024 -- your response puts you on the notification list for update, postponement, or cancellation messages.
What to bring: You will need to wear appropriate-for-the-weather clothes (that can get muddy or wet), solid shoes or boots, and bring lunch, snacks, and water.
Cancellation: If the hike is postponed or canceled due to bad weather or high water, an email will be sent out no later than 8 pm. the preceding day to those who RSVP'ed to [email protected].
Hope to be hiking with you.
Bill (& Fred)
Friends of the MST Task Force Leaders, Orange County (& Eno)Check out the Friends of the Mountains-To-Sea Trail website: https://mountainstoseatrail.org/
