If you’re an Access Fund member, you might have seen the email below in your email inbox this week. We’re excited here at Rock/Creek that another amazing climbing area has been secured and reopened by the dedicated folks at the Access Fund. Hidden Valley is a fun area with a variety of climbing on high-quality sandstone. […]
Trail Work, Access & Environment
Chattanooga trails and the Five Points 50
Rock/Creek’s very own Jeff Bartlett has published an event profile for the Lula Lake Land Trust Five Points 50 mountain bike race over at RootsRated, and it’s definitely worth a read. Check it out here: http://rootsrated.com/stories/five-points-50 Using some of the same trails employed in Rock/Creek’s Lookout Mountain 50-miler, the Five Points 50 is an illustration […]
Lula Lake Land Trust Celebrates 20 Years of Conservation
Lula Lake Land Trust, a nonprofit dedicated to preserving the natural and historic landscapes surrounding Rock Creek and Bear Creek, celebrates its 20th anniversary this weekend. Various events will take place at the lake and falls on Saturday, October 4th from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and on Sunday, October 5th from 1:00 p.m. to […]
Photo gallery: Lula Falls access trail construction
Volunteers have been hard at work building a new spur trail on Lula Lake Land Trust property, providing access from the doubletrack above Lula Falls to the bottom of the waterfall. This trail loses 110 feet of elevation in 0.2 miles! It replaces the existing access trail, which was built at an unsustainably steep grade […]
New trails are open on TVA Raccoon Mountain!
It’s been just over a month since the official grand opening, and we’ve survived the 2014 Raccoon Mountain “Super D” race, but if you STILL haven’t heard: the brand-new High Voltage trail and phase 2 of the Live Wire trail are complete, and officially open on Raccoon Mountain. These trails are the culmination of over […]
Guest Post: Take a Hike and Call Me in the Morning
The following is a guest post by @ThatOutdoorGuy. I just read one of the most intriguing articles on the the need—the dire need—to get people outdoors. People. Not just children. Everyone. And even though Richard Louv and his “Nature Deficit Disorder” mantra weren’t mentioned by name, his game-changing ideology was certainly evident in the overall […]