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May 2021 Newsletter
 

You have done it, we have done it! Thanks to your donations, we have been able to hire two teams of three people each to serve new or existing crags in both the Piedmont and the Western Mountains! Our new C4 teams consist of Elizabeth Taft, Dan VanBrocklin, Dain Canter for the Western Mts Team, and Henry Ritterspush, Shelley Carter, and Bryce Mahoney for the Piedmont Team. We are excited to have the teams together! Please come out and join us on upcoming stewardship days almost any day of the week. The Western Mts Team will be finishing the Chimney Rock Village Boulders Trail (pictured above), and then beginning the McKinney Gap Boulders Trail, located in the Bald Mountain Creek Preserve near Burnsville, NC. These are both brand new climbing access areas. The Piedmont Team will begin work at Pilot, stewarding the highly trafficked cliff base and Ledges Spring Trail. They will also be working at Moores Wall and hopefully working on a brand new access area near Stony Mountain Vineyards an hour east of Charlotte. Access agreements are still being worked out but stay tuned for some hopeful good news on new access to new boulders in the Piedmont. Fingers crossed. 

REI Co-Op just approved a $6,000 grant to the CCC with funds geared towards helping our C4 team build the McKinney Gap trail! REI has been critical in helping us expand climbing access and in helping us serve the community. Thank you REI! 

Thank you C4 sponsors REI, Mountain Home Caretakers, American Adventure Service Corps, Rumbling Bald on Lake Lure. If you are interested in sponsoring the C4 team, please contact mreardon@carolinaclimbers.org.

 
Raffle for C4 Team
Raffle and Climber BINGO

Want a $160 gift certificate to Misty Mountain? How about a new pair of Scarpas, guidebooks galore, or a brand new 60M BlueWater Rope? All proceeds benefit our C4 team. There are two ways to win: 

1. Enter our raffle by donating $10+ to our general donation. Each $10 increment will be a raffle ticket. Raffle will be called May 31. 

2. Register for the Climber BINGO ($10) and complete tasks, then submit! Top 3 winners get a $160 Misty gift cert, Scarpa shoes, or 60M Bluewater Rope. 
Access Celebrations

It has been an absolute pleasure celebrating access at Cooks Wall, Chimney Rock Village Boulders, Asheboro Boulders, Laurel Knob, and Pumpkintown. Join us May 22 at McKinney Gap Boulders and May 23 at Rocky Fork State Park. Both are brand new access areas 35 minutes north of Asheville. Register here. All proceeds to our C4 Team.

Upcoming Events

May 15: Melrose Mountain Climbing Park, Trail Day 

May 21, 8:30PM: Climb@ Blue Ridge, Reel Rock 15 screening and CCC fundraiser. Details, click here.

May 22: McKinney Gap Access Celebration Day

May 23: Rocky Fork Access Celebration Day
CCC Crag Stewards

Just two months ago, we started our CCC Crag Stewards program where we could connect local climbers with land managers to properly service climbing based and stewardship based needs at various climbing areas. The program has kicked off some great things and here are just a few of the highlights from the past two months: 

-B.R.A.G. founder and Melrose Mountain Steward Jonathan Gerst met with parking lot owners and the Town of Tryon to establish improved parking alignment. Jonathan is leading a trail day May 15 at 9:00 at Melrose. Join us! 

-Big Rock CCC Stewards have begun stone steps building in eroded areas and Wes Cooler of Naturaland Trust teamed with Pisgah Mountain Builders and CCC rep Adam Johnson to install kiosk. 

-Stone Mountain CCC Stewards have taken inventory of needs at Stone Mountain State Park

-Pilot Mountain CCC Steward Bryce Mahoney held several volunteer trail days and a volunteer BBQ. See below. 

-Beacon Heights graffiti was removed by CCC board members and Blue Ridge Parkway officials

-Cooks Wall has been getting steady bolt replacement and corridor clearing thanks to CCC Steward Shelley Carter

-CCC Steward Bryan Townsend and family cleared Dixon Boulders of trash

-Laurel Knob peregrine signage has been in installed and peregrine monitoring is ongoing

-McKinney Gap trail alignment has been planned by several CCC Crag Stewards, to be installed by volunteers and C4 Team this summer!

Thank You's

Big thanks to all who participated in the Riveter event on Earth Day! 1800 pounds of trash was cleaned up and $1800 was raised for our C4 team!

Steep South, CCC, and various community members have been working on a film "Filling the Void", highlighting conservation, ecology, JEDI initiatives in climbing access initiatives around Hickory Nut Gorge and Rumbling Bald. We look forward to the full feature this Fall, thank you Steep South!


Pilot is one of our busiest climbing areas. Take a look at this great video of the various CCC volunteers doing great work at Pilot. Thank you volunteers!


McKinney Gap Boulders video by Snake Owl Productions. Click here to view. Thank you Snake Owl Productions!