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GetBackpacking! Summer 2021

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Summer is opening up: we’re beginning to travel again and, though our tendency is to still stay close to home, still focus on the great outdoors for our recreation fun. We hear you, folks. So far, here’s our regionally focused lineup for the summer of 2021:

GetBackpacking! Appalachian Trail from Carvers Gap to US 19E

  • July 16-18
  • $145
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Hiking north, from Hump Mountain, on the Appalachian Trail

The 14-mile stretch of the Appalachian Trail between Carvers Gap and US is perhaps the most scenic stretch of the AT in the Southeast. We take our time and savor this hike, over Round and Jane balds, over Hump and Little Hump mountains, and past all the scenic hardwood splendor along the way on this 3-day, 2-night backpack trip. Includes shuttle and post-hike shower.

Learn more here.

GetBackpacking! A Wilson Creek Water Adventure

  • Aug. 6-8
  • $125
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Pool on Gragg Prong

Join GetBackpacking! and beat the summertime crowds that descent on Wilson Creek area of the Pisgah National Forest with this summer visit. On this two-night, three-day backpack basecamp trip we’ll hike 4 miles in full pack and about 14 in day packs, exploring Hunt-fish Falls, Gragg Prong, Bee Mountain, Lost Cove Creek, South Harper Creek Falls, Harper Creek Falls, Harper Creek and Persimmon Ridge.

Learn more and sign up here.

GetHiking! New River Paddling and Hiking Weekend

  • July 30 – Aug. 1
  • $185
Paddling the New River

Enjoy a mountain weekend of paddling on a placid stretch of the New River in North Carolina, and hikes up both Mount Jefferson and Elk Knob, both with sweeping views of the North Carolina, Virginia and Tennessee mountains. This is a basecamp weekend with meals included.

Learn more and sign up here.

GetOriented! Finding Your Way in the Woods

  • Eno River State Park, Durham: June 13
  • Umstead State Park, Raleigh: July 11
  • $65

In just two weeks you can become a bonafide backpacker in time for the prime fall hiking season. We start with a gear session via Zoom, then meet for a 5-hour in-field training session before our weekend graduation trip to South Mountains State Park.

  • Learn more and sign up for the Eno River State Park class here (SOLD OUT)
  • Learn more and sign up for the Umstead State Park class here

GetBackpacking! Intro to Backpacking class

  • Sept. 8, 11, 24-26
  • $225

In just two weeks you can become a bonafide backpacker in time for the prime fall hiking season. We start with a gear session via Zoom, then meet for a 5-hour in-field training session before our weekend graduation trip to South Mountains State Park.

Learn more and sign up here.

GetBackpacking! Basecamp Weekend in the Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock/Citico Creek Wilderness

  • Sept. 16-19
  • $195

Enjoy a four-day wilderness immersion, exploring the Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock/Citico Creek wilderness areas of North Carolina and Tennessee. We establish basecamp a mile and a half in, then do a pair of 12-mile daypack hikes exploring this 33,000-acre wilderness straddling the North Carolina/Tennessee line.

Learn more and sign up here.

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