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GetOut! Way cleared for trails to begin reopening

Thursday’s announcement by Gov. Roy Cooper of a phased-in reopening of North Carolina included a lot of good news. Topping the list: social distancing and other measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus are working — the “curve” is flattening.  As a result, aspects of the statewide stay-at-home order will begin lifting on May 8, two weeks from today.  read more

Closed trails: When, and how, will they reopen?

Just as we started wondering when trails might start reopening, they closed even more more earlier this week. 

On Monday, the U.S. Forest Service announced it was closing roads and trails in the 500,000-acre Pisgah National Forest. “It is not a closure of the whole forest,” Forest Service spokeswoman Cathy Dowd told the Asheville Citizen Times. “There’s about 200 miles of road and 700 miles of trails that remain open on the Pisgah National Forest.” read more