Trailwork on the LGT
Digging and Sawing on the LGT
Today volunteers carried crosscut saws and hoes for miles to clear fallen trees and restore eroded trailbed along the Linville Gorge Trail.
Crosscuttin’ at Conley Cove
Today a team of volunteers hiked down the Conley Cove Trail to remove fallen trees from a badly eroded portion of the trail. While they were there, they carried out one, lonesome, tire. (Photos: Kevin Massey) … Continued
Get ‘Em Outta Here!
Whew, what a day! After a year of preparation, volunteers removed 130 tires from Linville Gorge for good!
FMST on Beacon Heights
Today volunteers with Friends of Mountains-to-Sea Trail repaired the badly eroded trail on Beacon Heights.
Wiseman’s View Tire Rescue
Linville Gorge community volunteers worked together yesterday to finally rid the wilderness of four 350-lb tires that hooligans threw off the Wiseman’s View overlook into the forest hundreds of feet below.
Big Tires! Phase Two
Continuing the project started last week, volunteers moved the four giant tires below Wiseman’s View up the boulder field to the cliff base.
Big Tires!
Today volunteers started rounding up the four gigantic tires that hooligans pitched off the Wiseman’s View overlook a few years ago. Weighing over 300-lbs each, these front loader tires are no joke to carry across the boulder field below the … Continued
Six miles, Four tires, One cooler…
After the floods over 35 years ago that brought hundreds of tires into this wilderness area, people thought the Gorge would never be tire-free again.
Rollin’ rollin’ rollin’
Today a small but dedicated team removed a 100-lb tractor trailer tire and other trash from the Linville River near Devil’s Hole Trail, hiking it out 2 miles and up 1400 feet!