Support our Hiking Lands - Buy a Membership

If you're looking for a gift that will last, support one or more of these membership organizations. The price of basic membership is around $25 to $35, a great investment.

And if you're reading this and you're not a Carolina Mountain Club member, it's time for you to join. For $20, you get membership in the largest and most active club in Western North Carolina and a $20 gift certificate to Diamond Brand Outdoors. You can't beat this.

Great Smoky Mountains Association Supports the Smokies by running the stores in the Park and much more. http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/
Friends of the Smokies Raises funds for the Smokies http://www.friendsofthesmokies.org
Friends of the Blue Ridge Parkway Raises funds for the Blue Ridge Parkway http://www.blueridgefriends.org/
Appalachian Trail Conservancy Preserves and manages the Appalachian Trail http://www.appalachiantrail.org
Friends of the MST Builds and supports the Mountains-to-Sea Trail http://www.ncmst.org/
Friends of State Parks Supports the state parks of North Carolina http://ncfsp.org/
Friends of Dupont Forest Builds and maintains trails in Dupont State Forest http://www.dupontforest.com/
Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy Protects land in WNC counties including Florence Preserve where we hike. http://www.carolinamountain.org/
Foothills Conservancy Protects land in the Blue Ridge Foothills region including Catawba Falls where we hike. http://www.foothillsconservancy.org