Name: Christmas in July - Moderate
Start: 2025-07-26T22:30:00.000Z
Location: Crowders Mountain State Park

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Come and hang with like minded adventurers. We meet every other Wednesday! All the details you need are below. For further questions on any of the events or to find us when you are there please hit MERB up at 704-224-8559.

We will celebrate June birthdays with cupcakes and cookies!

What: Monthly Hiker Hang
Where: Monday Night Brewing; beers, non-alcoholic beers, THC beers, FOOD (pizza, wings, dips)
Time: 7pm-9pm
Parking: There is *plenty* of parking right across the street (be careful crossing!) for a small fee if you cannot find free parking.

**All adventurers welcome; you do not have to hike with us to hang with us!**

P.S. Hikers

Penny B

Helena Rodriguez

Ebony A.

Grace 

Nathan Deering

Katie Stanhope

alexinindy

Wendy Rogers

Pickles 

Jeff

Elizabeth

Hiker Hang - Celebrate

Monday Night Brewing Garden Co.

***\*\* Follow us on instagram and tiktok at P.S. Hikers. If you'd like to be added to our community discord please message MERB at 704-224-8559\****

Come and join MERB on the Naturaland Trust Trail at Caesars Head State Park in SC! This park has so much to offer but we are going to do one of the more challenging trails - with tons of water, bridge crossings and waterfalls you WILL not be disappointed. We will see for sure Rock Cliff Falls, Fiewater Falls, we can hit Raven Cliff Falls, and Cliff Falls with the loop I have set up!

This trail is located 2 hours and 15 minutes from uptown Charlotte.

I am looking into camping FRIDAY NIGHT and have a few options that I'm settling on but the main one I want to book needs an estimated headcount so *please let me know if you'd like to camp on Friday night with us! The cost for camping is $5 per person!*

**Trail:** Naturaland Trust Trail
**Difficult:** Hard
**Distance:** 11.7 miles - please note we might make this a loop and add a few miles
**Type:** Loop
**Elevation gain:** 3,661
**Estimated Time:** 8-9 hours depending on or group.
**What to Bring:** 2 liters of water to start, we recommend using a water bladder from April-October (or always if you wish!), snacks (think high protein), lunch to eat and high energy
**Meet up time:** 10am
**Hike start time:** 10:15am
**Meet at Trailhead:** Use link [here](https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/south-carolina/naturaland-trust-trail) to access the trail head.

“By RSVP’ing to this event, you are agreeing to the following:

TRIP PARTICIPANT WAIVER OF LIABILITY I fully realize that this activity involves a risk of personal injury, property damage, or loss of my person or property. I hereby for myself, my heirs, executors and administrators, and same for persons with whom are in my party, waive and release any claims or rights against P.S. Hikers, all of its owners and coordinators for any and all injury, damages or loss to my person or property incurred during this activity. I also understand that organizers are not required, nor should it be assumed that they are CPR/First Aid/Wilderness Survival Certified and I am responsible for my own personal safety. Your RSVP indicates release of liability as indicated in the TRIP PARTICIPANT WAIVER OF LIABILITY above.”

Heather

Steven S

Thomas Neapolitan

Glitch

jan!ce Y.

Andrew Husson

Brit

Sunshine

Prashanth

Naturaland Trust Trail - Hard

Caesars Head State Park

***\*\* Follow us on instagram or Tiktok at P.S. Hikers. If you want to join our community discord message us or comment below and we will get you added \*\****

Come and hang with like minded adventurers. We meet every other Wednesday! All the details you need are below. For further questions or to find us when you are there please hit MERB up at 704-224-8559.

What: Monthly Hiker Hang
Where: Monday Night Brewing; beers, non-alcoholic beers, THC beers, FOOD (pizza, wings, dips)
Time: 7pm-9pm
Parking: There is *plenty* of parking right across the street (be careful crossing!) for a small fee if you cannot find free parking.

**All adventurers welcome; you do not have to hike with us to hang with us!**

Rishi Zaveri

Hiker Hang - Monday Night Brewing

***\*\* Follow us on instagram and tiktok at P.S. Hikers. If you'd like to be added to our community discord please message MERB at 704-224-8559\****

Follow Merb and Food Lion on a joint led hike through this beautiful 12.9-mile loop trail near Brevard, one of our favorite areas to hike! We will start at the Pisgah Fish Hatchery and take the cat gap trail to butter gap. We will check out beautiful waterfalls, get wet and enjoy beautiful sceneries.

When we finish we can head over to Corky's Dawghouse in Brevard our favorite spot to eat after a Pisgah hike!

**Trail:** Long Branch Butter Gap Loop
**Difficult:** Hard
**Distance:** 12.9 miles
**Type:** Loop
**Elevation gain:** 1,620 ft
**Estimated Time:** 6-7 hours
**What to Bring:** Water, water filter if you have it to reduce water weight and carry, lunch and snack
**Meet up time:** 8:45am
**Hike start time:** 9:00am
**Meet at Trailhead:** Use link [here](https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/north-carolina/long-branch-butter-gap-loop) to access the trail head. We are meeting at the Pisgah Fish Hatchery

“By RSVP’ing to this event, you are agreeing to the following:

TRIP PARTICIPANT WAIVER OF LIABILITY I fully realize that this activity involves a risk of personal injury, property damage, or loss of my person or property. I hereby for myself, my heirs, executors and administrators, and same for persons with whom are in my party, waive and release any claims or rights against P.S. Hikers, all of its owners and coordinators for any and all injury, damages or loss to my person or property incurred during this activity. I also understand that organizers are not required, nor should it be assumed that they are CPR/First Aid/Wilderness Survival Certified and I am responsible for my own personal safety. Your RSVP indicates release of liability as indicated in the TRIP PARTICIPANT WAIVER OF LIABILITY above.”

John Huskins

Long Branch Butter Gap Loop - Hard

***\*\* Follow us on instagram and tiktok at P.S. Hikers. If you'd like to be added to our community discord please message MERB at 704-224-8559\****

Lets go wild and celebrate Xmas in July! We will meet for a quick and fun hike to Kings Pinnacle. We can dress in our best summery Christmasy outfits and then finish our night with karaoke at the amazing Cavendish Brewery in Gastonia! Don't miss this!

**Trail:** Pinnacle Trail to Kings Pinnacle
**Difficult:** Moderate
**Distance:** 4.2 miles-
**Type:** Out and back
**Elevation gain:** 777
**Estimated Time:** 2 hours for the hike -
**What to Bring:** Water
**Meet up time:** 6:15pm
**Hike start time:** 6:30pm
**Meet at Trailhead:** Use link [here](https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/north-carolina/pinnacle-trail--2) to access the trail head. Make sure to go to the Crowders Mountain main visitor center.

“By RSVP’ing to this event, you are agreeing to the following:

TRIP PARTICIPANT WAIVER OF LIABILITY I fully realize that this activity involves a risk of personal injury, property damage, or loss of my person or property. I hereby for myself, my heirs, executors and administrators, and same for persons with whom are in my party, waive and release any claims or rights against P.S. Hikers, all of its owners and coordinators for any and all injury, damages or loss to my person or property incurred during this activity. I also understand that organizers are not required, nor should it be assumed that they are CPR/First Aid/Wilderness Survival Certified and I am responsible for my own personal safety. Your RSVP indicates release of liability as indicated in the TRIP PARTICIPANT WAIVER OF LIABILITY above.”

Sarah

Alice C

Ron Lemmer

Christmas in July - Moderate 

Crowders Mountain State Park

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