Thanks to a parking lot grant from REI and a NC Recreational Trails Program grant, the Buckeye Knob trail and parking lot are complete! Several CCC volunteers worked with the Access Fund's Jeep Conservation Team to complete the trail to Buckeye Knob over the last three weeks. Thank you AF and volunteers! Buckeye Knob is a 55 acre boulder field once slated for logging, now owned, conserved by climbers, and open to you! Please help us pay off the purchase loan. We have $25,000 left to go. 

The C4 crew have put in nearly 400 hours of critical work, laying the foundation for newly acquired (or about to be acquired) climbing access areas. So far their work has covered Big Rock, Melrose Mountain, and a new access acquisition at Rocky Fork State Park. More to come on that exciting announcement! At Big Rock, the C4 team continued the re-route of the left side trail and installed 70+ steps on a trail designed to shed water. At Rocky Fork, they are working in steep terrain this week along the base of an about-to-be-open quartzite cliff. Next week, C4 will begin work at Pumpkintown, providing new access to a 300' cliff. Please consider supporting their work. C4 Team is a team of eight awesome people whose jobs were affected by Covid-19 lay offs. The continuation of their work will only last as long as donations last. We have raised $23,000 out of a desired $25,000 with 100% of proceeds going to these workers. Let's exceed our goal! 

 Please consider supporting C4.

Bradley Falls and the cliffs surrounding it have been placed in a Temporary Restricted Zone by the NC Wildlife Resource Commission. Thanks to our collaborations with NCWRC, climbers will have access into the Temporary Restricted Zone via a Memorandum of Agreement.  Agreements cover you for a year and are free. Special thanks to NCWRC for working on this with us! Written approval can be obtained by filling out and signing a Memorandum of Agreement (click link for Outfitter or Individual Agreement) and emailing it to gamelands@ncwildlife.org. 

Since 2012, the CCC and Access Fund have worked to ensure that climbing is recognized and made a critical piece of the 1 million plus acre Pisgah Nantahala National Forest 20 year Master Plan. We are less than a month from the public comment period deadline and need your help to shape the plan. Be on the lookout for an Action Alert from CCC and Access Fund this week. In the meantime, here is some more background on the importance of this plan. 

We have made huge leaps in our access, advocacy, and stewardship footprints this past year but we need to level with you- WE CAN NOT DO IT WITHOUT YOU! If you are a current member or business partner, THANK YOU! If you are not a member, or your climbing partner is not a member, please consider a membership or support. 

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