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Encouraged by the spectacular success of BreakAway 2007, the biggest and most ambitious ever, CTC has extended the new Spring Build (aka Big Dig North) Program to 50 days with planning underway for a...

Be sure to check out Tennessee's Cumberland Trail Spring Programs on the website:
http://www.cumberlandtrail.org/
Click the "Activities" button on the left side of the webpage.

So if you enjoy...

From the website (http://www.cumberlandtrail.org/):

The program has been scheduled to take advantage of the cool and dry fall weather in the gorges - perfect to enjoy the outdoors! The leaves will...

Tennessee's Cumberland Trail website now has the the schedule for the new Spring Program on the website:
http://www.cumberlandtrail.org/

So if you enjoy "giving back", helping build new trail,...

It would be nice to call ahead, at 931-456-6259, or email at [email protected].

I'm back from the first two days of the two-week Bird Mountain Backpack trail-building outing and wanted to let everybody know more about what to expect.

The Cumberland Trail bills the Bird...

yes! We need lots of help in support services! We will need help in greeting orienting volunteers when they arrive at the Fall Dig or at the front-country site at the two-week backcountry outing. We...

Thanks SGT Rock! I like the new Volunteer Call Forum.

There are three fall weekend backpack outings scheduled so far, Sept 9-11, Sept 16 - 18 and Nov 11-14. All three are scheduled to take...

Tennessee's Cumberland Trail website now has the the schedule for the new Fall Program on the website: http://www.cumberlandtrail.org/

So if you enjoy "giving back", helping build new trail, and...

This is the biggest and best Big Dig ever! The first two weeks were cool and dry, with trillian, lady slippers, mountain laurel, and rhododendrun in full bloom lining the trail we are building. An...

The first week of Big Dig has been great! Very cool mornings and nice hiking and trailbuilding weather. The rhododendrens AND mountain laurel along the trail are blooming. Lady slippers are also...

Sandra and I have hiked portions of the Wonderland Trail and have some information on it. Warren Devine hiked part of the Wonderland Trail last summer. Warren will be at Cumberland Trail's Big Dig...

The Big Dig starts in two weeks! I understand that lots of people have signed up for the first and second week so far. The first week or two will be trailbuilding along the escarpment, with the...

Soddy Gorge is beautiful!

This week BreakAway is working along the Soddy escarpment. The escarpment looks down upon the Tennessee Valley and Tennessee River. Spectacular views! The Big Dig will...

The Cumberland Trail Conference is sponsoring the 3rd annual Big Dig just north of Chattanooga, Tennessee from May 22nd to June 25th. This year's Big Dig will continue the trailbuilding from last...

Tennessee Tim sent word that he will be at the Big Dig. I'm looking forward to hearing about his hiking adventures out west too.

Last year's Big Dig was probably 50% people in their 20's. But 30-40% were in their 50's or older. There were several father/son and mother/daughter and families. There were very few children under...

There are plenty of trees to hang a hammock between in the camping area. You'll need mosquito netting though. That's the only downside of the Dogwood Camp on Chickamauga Lake. The mosquitoes don't...

You'll want to wear something long-sleeved over the WB coolmax T-shirts in the mornings, but will enjoy them in the afternoon. The mountain mornings in Mid-May are refreshingly brisk, low 50's. But...

Tennessee's Cumberland Trail website, http://www.cumberlandtrail.org, now has an online Big Dig signup form, http://www.cumberlandtrail.org/bigdig.html. Volunteers are encouraged to use the form so...