Uwharrie Trail Thru Hike October 2026/Backpacking

• Are you a seasoned backpacker?
• Used to backpack and need to brush off the gear after a while in storage?
• Always wanted to try backpacking and looking for a supportive group to learn the ropes?

This adventure is for you!

The Three Rivers Land Trust hosts an annual Uwharrie Trail Thru Hike each year in October. This North Carolina trek is 3 nights, 4 days on the 40-mile trail (about 10 miles per day). Registration opens on Tuesday, February 10 and the early registration fee is $150. This fee covers aide stations, port a jons at camps, and dinner every night. You bring your own gear (list to be provided) and breakfast & lunch/trail snacks. Read all about it here: https://trlt.org/uwharrie-trail-thru-hike/ Registration caps at 100 hikers and fills up every year.

This is a beginner-friendly event with lots of hikers trying multiday backpacking for the first time. Let's train and prep together! We'll hike several NC backpacking routes between registration and the event so we can train, organize our packs and share trail and gear tips. If you don't have backpacking gear yet, you have a few months to get the essentials.

Register starting Feb. 10, then sign up for this meetup event and drop a comment here indicating you've registered. If you're interested in meetup backpacking events but don't want to do the thru hike, drop a comment in to let me know you may join the training hikes.