Date: 11/18/2025 Name: Winding Stairs Trail from Cherry Hill Distance: 5.1 Difficulty: Easy to Moderate Total Climbing Elevation: 942 Type: Out & BAck Notes: We had another sunny day with a cool, 44 °F, start and near 70 °F finish. The trail was dry, but with a heavy covering of dry leaves making the path […]
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Date: 11/04/2025 Name: Coleman River & Tate Branch Trails Distance: 5.8 Difficulty: Easy to Moderate Total Climbing Elevation: 915 Type: Out & Back Notes: Another "great day for a hike" on a crisp fall, 41 °F to 65 °F, sunny day. The first hike was on a truly beautiful trail with continuous views and rushing
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Date: 10/21/2025 Name: Bartram Trail-Courthouse Gap to Warwoman Dell Distance: 6.4 Difficulty: Easy to Moderate Total Climbing Elevation: 1,178 Type: One-Way Notes: Love today's weather with more sunny skies, cool temperatures of 50 to 65 degrees and a light wind. The trail was dry, in excellent condition and not very rocky or rooty . .
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Date: 10/14/2025 Name: Sam Knob & Black Balsam Knob Loop Distance: 6.9 Difficulty: Moderate to Difficult Total Climbing Elevation: 1,617 Type: One-Way Notes: It was a cloudless, sunny day with light winds and cool early fall temperatures of low 50's to mid-60's . . . just right for a hike. Unfortunately, we were a week
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Date: 10/07/2025 Name: Panthertown Valley Waterfalls & Vistas Loop Distance: 7.0 Difficulty: Easy to Moderate Total Climbing Elevation: 965 Type: Loop Notes: What a day with surprising fall colors, two overlooks and five waterfalls, all in the same hike. The weather was pleasant with cloudy skies and temperatures between 61 and 66F all day, The
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Date: 09/30/2025 Name: Blue Ridge Historical Railroad & Palmetto Trail Loop Distance: 5.4 Difficulty: Easy Total Climbing Elevation: 692 Type: Loop Notes: It was a perfect day for a hike with cool 60-70's temperatures and overcast sky. This was an easy hike except for the steep descent to the bottom of Issaqueena Falls. That section
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Date: 09/23/2025 Name: Stonewall Falls Mountain Bike Trail Loop Distance: 4.8 Difficulty: Easy Total Climbing Elevation: 561 Type: Loop Notes: This was another pleasant weather day with mid-60's to low 70's temperatures and sunny skies. The trail was dry and in very good condition. There was just one, very short washed-out trail section midway through
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Date: 09/16/2025 Name: Jackrabbit Mtn Central, Highpoint & Burrell's Cove Loops Distance: 7.0 Difficulty: Easy Total Climbing Elevation: 515 Type: Loop Notes: It really was a beautiful day for a hike along the shoreline of Lake Chatuge with mild 66°F to 75°F temperatures and mostly sunny skies. This is an easy hike under hike forest
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Date: 09/09/2025 Name: Ravens Cliff with Homer & Long Creek Falls, SC Distance: 4.6 Difficulty: Moderate to Difficult Total Climbing Elevation: 1,004 Type: Out & Back Notes: This was the best hiking weather day in quite a while with cool 60's temperatures, sunny skies, lower humidity and an occasional breeze. The main trails leading to
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Date: 08/19/2025 Name: Bartram Trail – Warwoman Ford to Dicks Creek Falls Distance: 5.8 Difficulty: Easy Total Climbing Elevation: 702 Type: Out & Back Notes: It was another day of mid-70's temperatures and high humidity. The trail was in fair condition, but did have significant late summer overgrowth in places along with several blowdowns that
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