NC High Peaks Trail Assn and Friends of Mt Mitchell State Park

High Peaks Birders will present “Birds at Cane River Park”, a collection of bird photographs by Steve Buettner mostly taken at the park, upstairs at the Public Library in Burnsville, November 10 starting at 6 PM. 

Please join High Peaks for our regularly scheduled Board meeting on Thursday, October 19 at 9:00 AM upstairs at Appalachian Java.  All members are welcome to attend.  This month we will be welcoming new Board members and electing officers for the next 12 months.  We will also introduce our proposed hike schedule for 2017.

With the cooperation of the U.S. Forest Service, the NC High Peaks Trail Association will offer a rare opportunity to glimpse fall colors from the Green Knob Fire Tower off the Blue Ridge Parkway on Saturday Oct. 21 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Normally locked because of the threat of vandalism, this historic fire tower offers tremendous 360-degree views of Mt. Mitchell, the South Toe River Valley, the Linville Gorge profile and the Piedmont, all as the fall colors are reaching their peak.

The N.C. High Peaks Trail Association will lead hikers into the historic abandoned community of Lost Cove on Saturday, Oct.7. Settled during or shortly after the Civil War, Lost Cove is nestled above the Nolichucky River, and can only be reached on foot.

There will be a birding stroll at 1 PM on Saturday September 30, on the Mt Mitchell Nature Trail near the mountain's summit.  The stroll will follow the annual meeting for High Peaks Trail Association that occurs on that same day beginning at 10 a.m.  The meeting will probably run until lunch time.  Meeting attendees who wish to attend the stroll can join us for lunch at the restaurant.

Join the NC High Peaks Trail Association for some spectacular early Autumn views as the club holds its annual meeting at the restaurant lounge on Mt. Mitchell on Saturday, Sept. 30 at 10 a.m.

 Hello birders young and not so young. The birding stroll we announced for last weekend did not go, as Wolf Laurel didn’t give us access due to power outages they were dealing with. So we are announcing a rescheduled birding stroll for Saturday, September 23 on Big Bald over near Wolf Laurel.  Steve Buettner will be the stroll leader.  We will be looking for all species, but hope to catch a kettle of migrating hawks.  The Yancey van will leave Town Square at 8:30.  Please bring a $5.00 donation to help pay for your ride.

Due to issues with access to the site we wish to use we have to postpone the birding stroll for a week. Sorry for the change in plans.  Details will be available soon.

Join the NC High Peaks Trail Association on Sept. 9 in a statewide celebration of the 40^th Anniversary of the Mountains-to-Sea Trail as the club leads a pleasant hike over an historic section of this famous trail.