hikes, bikes, and beyond
Several of my recent posts have been about the Uwharrie Trail, with a focus on the newly reopened sections. New trail is exciting, but there are many other trails in the Uwharrie Lakes Region. This is the first of a three-part series about the different trail areas in the Uwharries. The second edition of the...
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Have you ever had trouble deciding where to take a group of less-experienced hikers? The Uwharrie Lakes Region Trail Guide provides a solution with Trip quick reference tables and the online Uwharrie Trip Finder! Several Scoutmasters recently told me of their challenges planning a hiking or backpacking trip when the group of Scouts included younger...
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Among the unique features in the Uwharrie Lakes Region Trail Guide are the “Trips”. Individual trails are covered in detail, as one would expect in a guidebook. But I found that single trails rarely lead you from a trail head to all the points you want to visit, and then back to the trail head....
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The elevation profiles in the Second Edition of the Uwharrie Lakes Region Trail Guide aren’t the only new features. Each trail and trip in the guide has its own brand new detailed map to help you visualize the route and identify important locations along the way. All of the maps were redrawn for the second...
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Hot off the press, the Second Edition of the Uwharrie Lakes Region Trail Guide features a new format for the elevation profiles. Each trail and trip in the guide has its own detailed graph to help you visualize the elevation changes and important locations along the length of the route. The previous edition of the...
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What’s in the new Uwharrie Lakes Region Trail Guide? With over 200 more pages than the first edition, the second edition includes more trail areas as well as a number of new trails. Key features such as trail history notes, detailed maps, elevation profile and mileage charts, and maps/profiles for popular trips using multiple trails...
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Copies of the Second Edition of the Uwharrie Lakes Region Trail Guide have finally arrived! The first edition took about five years to complete from start to having copies in hand. The second edition took closer to seven years, so you can imagine how happy I am to finally see a stack of these books...
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We have a cover draft! Holding the second edition in your hands can’t be too far behind!
A friend recently alerted me to an overnight bike trip being organized by a local independent bike shop. We’ve both been interested in expanding our camping skills to include travel by bicycle. He was unable to go, but I seized the opportunity to end my procrastination and get an S24O under my belt. My gear...
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On November 12, 2011, the Tarheel Trailblazers hosted a ribbon-cutting for the trail work being done under the recent Recreational Trails Program grant and a matching donation from First Bank in Albemarle. It is being called Phase I of the Wood Run Area Trail Expansion. Although most of the work being done consists of relocations...
