What we’re about
The primary purpose of this group is to support a community of volunteers focused on building, enhancing and maintaining North Carolina's premier hiking trail, the Mountains-to-Sea Trail!
The Mountains-to-Sea Trail, stretches 1,175 miles from Clingmans Dome State Park in the Great Smoky Mountains to Jockey's Ridge State Park on the Outer Banks. The trail showcases our state's diverse landscape and culture: mountain vistas, rolling Piedmont farms, picture-postcard colonial towns, weathered tobacco barns, old textile villages, country churches, rushing mountain streams, coastal swamps, hardwood and pine forests, lighthouses, sand dunes and miles of seashore.
In addition to joining us on Meetup, where we post numerous MST workdays, we also hope you'll visit the FMST website ( https://www.mountainstoseatrail.org) to learn more about this wonderful backyard resource and ask that you consider becoming a Friend of the Mountains-to-Sea Trail at:
https://mountainstoseatrail.org//get-involved/become-a-member/
If you'd like to help build and maintain the trail and don't see a workday in your area posted on this Meetup group site, FMST has a workday going on somewhere in the state almost every weekend of the year and on some weekdays too. For more information contact the trail crew leader in your vicinity. You can find a list of crew leaders at:
https://mountainstoseatrail.org/get-involved/trail-workdays/
Come help enhance and give back to hiking in North Carolina by helping build, enhance and maintain the Mountains-to-Sea Trail!
Upcoming events (3)
See all- Boyce Mill Road CleanupBoyce Mill Road, North Carolina, NC
Let's meet up and continue our positive impact on the Neuse River Basin at Falls Lake. So proud of everyone working to clean up the shoreline of this important water source.
Meet at the end of Boyce Mill Road. We will hike in and work to clear some shoreline targets. We will use our carts to help with the hauling back to the parking area.
Come prepared for the weather and elements. We will be on trail for some of the time but will also be off trail walking through the leaf litter. Because the temps are increasing we are only working until 11:00. Bring water and snacks as needed.
- Orange County MST Workday - Saturday, May 11th625 Virginia Cates Rd, Hillsborough, NC
WORKDAY LEADER:
Bill Boyarsky, FMST Task Force Leader, Orange CountyFor complete details about this workday, including the preliminary planned activities for the day and a list of 2024 workdays be sure to click on either of the following links:
Orange County MST Workday, May 11th or if you prefer En español
Below is a summary of Bill's notes:
Hi Friends (of the Mountains-to-Sea Trail),
On our May workday we'll change sites to the Occoneechee MOUNTAIN State Natural Area (NOT the speedway) and primarily work on raising more low muddy trail.
Date, Time: May 11th, 2024, 9 am - 2 pm. If you can't stay for the entire time, please know that we are deeply appreciative of any effort you contribute.
* NOTE: the MEETING LOCATION HAS CHANGED!
Meeting Location: The Occoneechee Mountain State Natural Area parking lot (625 Virginia Cates Road, Hillsborough, NC 27278). (36.05966, -79.11392)
If you can join the team: Please respond by email to Bill.Boyarsky@gmail.com by Tuesday, May 7th -- your response informs the breakfast preparation and tools that will await you, helps me plan the day, and puts you on the notification list for further updates (about this workday) or a workday cancellation message.
What to bring: You need to wear appropriate-for-the-weather work clothes (that can get dirty), solid shoes or boots, and work gloves. Bring lunch (if you plan to work into the afternoon), snacks, and water, . If you have a favorite tool, bring it.
What we bring: We will provide all tools, extra work gloves, and instructions. If you are new to this kind of activity, there will be experienced volunteers within asking distance: we are a supportive trail community that loves to grow.
Cancellation: If the workday is cancelled due to bad weather an email will be sent out, to those who RSVP'ed to Bill.Boyarsky@gmail.com , no later than 8:00 p.m. the preceding day,
Safety:
> Use tools carefully. If you do not know how to use a particular tool, or what to do in a particular circumstance please ask. Do not work too close together -- avoid hitting the person next to you. When walking past another volunteer, please say something so they know you are approaching.
> Do not lift anything heavier than you can comfortably lift -- know your own limits.
> Take plenty of breaks. Make sure to drink plenty of water, even when it's cold outside.
> Undertake different tasks with different tools throughout the day.
> Be aware of ticks, chiggers, snakes, stinging insects, and poison ivy.If you are not on our Eno/Orange County workday announcements email list (to get announcements like this one), but would like to be, let me know by email.
Next Eno MST workdays (RSVP to Fred )
Apr 27
May 25
Jun 1Next Orange County MST workdays (RSVP to Bill)
Jun 8Next Alamance County MST workdays (RSVP to Andrew ).
The AC team is working on trail along the Haw River. Andrew, the Task Force Leader, would welcome email about a workday or a request to be added to his Workday Announcement email list.
May 18
Jun 15And thanks for all you do for the Mountains-To-Sea Trail,
Bill Boyarsky, FMST Task Force Leader, Orange CountyCheck out the Friends of the Mountains-To-Sea Trail website: https://mountainstoseatrail.org/
If you would like to be added to the official MST email notification list to receive Falls Lake Trails workday announcements and details, email: bbrown@mountainstoseatrail.org.
