BHTV: Hiking in Our Outdoor Playgrounds across Western North Carolina
Today, we're headed outside to take a hike and breathe some of this fantastic, fresh mountain air. We were recently chosen as one of the greenest and healthiest cities in the United States because of our air quality and the stress-free attitude that we have here.
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With some of the highest peaks in the east, and miles of trails, visitors from all over the world come to Western North Carolina to explore this gorgeous landscape. And locals enjoy the areas and outdoor playground right in their backyards.
“I am the Trails and Outreach Coordinator for Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy,” says Peter Barr. “What we do is we protect land and water resources in Western North Carolina. We do this by placing conservation easements on land and [by] acquiring land for the benefit of the public and to preserve the beauty of our region.”
Consistently, the real estate market shows that people will pay more for property that's located close to open space. But of course, that's not the only reason to protect this open space.
“I decided to move to Western North Carolina because it is, without question, the most beautiful region in our entire state,” says Barr. “My wife and I visited Western North Carolina, in the mountains, to hike for about 7 or 8 years before we moved up here. We always knew that one day we wanted to live here, and we finally fell in love with it so much that we decided to make it our home.”
“I've been hiking since I could walk,” says Chris Neumann, founder of the Asheville Hiking Group. “I grew up in Waynesville, and then moved over to Asheville. I started the Asheville Hiking Group in February of 2008. Since then, we've amassed over 1800 members. I've led over 700 hikes, and we've got members everywhere from Eastern Tennessee to the Piedmont of North Carolina to South Carolina. We even have some in Virginia. Personally, I like the waterfall hikes. There's so many around.
“The trails in the area—basically, the mountains are just beautiful here,” says Ben Dickert, outdoor specialist at Mast General Store. “You got tons of different rivers around you can go hiking by. We've got local trails all around here, that’s just thousands of miles. Basically, Asheville is surrounded completely by national forest, several trails that are even close by. You've got the Blue Ridge Parkway, and then the Mountains to Sea Trail, which parallels the Parkway. So that offers close-by hiking year round. Especially when the Parkway's closed, it's great—you go walking up and down the road. It's just, overall it's just pretty. People are nice, the culture is nice, and overall just a fun place to live.”
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