Outings include day hikes, backpack overnight hikes, overnight car/tent camping trips, and trail maintenance.
All outings are open to members and guests, unless otherwise noted due to restrictions on size of group.
Please review outing description for difficulty rating (easy, moderate, extreme) and plan accordingly.
Remember trip coordinators are member volunteers who plan outings for your enjoyment.
To participate in day hikes, backpack overnight hikes, overnight camping trips, trail maintenance. YOU MUST notify the trip coordinator in advance that you will attend.
Should you not do this you may arrive to find the trip cancelled or changed to a different location.
Trip coordinator may also cancel an outing if nobody calls to participate.
Your participation is important once you agree to do an outing.
Please call the Trip coordinator should you need to cancel.
Jan 2010
Jan 10 - Meeting - Vestavia Hills Library on 2nd floor.
Jan 15/16/17- Pinhoti Trail - Maintenance - Assist US Forest Service with preparation and installation of new official trail signs. Meet 9:00am at Shoal Creek Work Center each day. Several members will be overnight car camping at Pine Glen Campground. Contact O. Kenny 205-678-6274 or John Calhoun 25-956-7287 for directions and camping information.
Feb 2010
Feb 06 - Pinhoti Trail - Maintenance - Read the Pinhoti Trail section of this website and contact John Calhoun 205-956-7287 for additional information.
Feb 07 - Meeting - Vestavia Hills Library on 2nd floor.
Feb 13/21 - Everglades - Canoe Trip - Everglade City 10000 Island Loop. Contact John Calhoun 205-956-7287 for additional information.
Feb 27/28 - Pinhoti Trail - Day Hike (27th) - 6.0 miles from FS553 to FS500 (Pine Glen Campground). Overnight (27th/28th) return to FS553 after day hike and backpack 1.4 miles to Laurel Shelter. Hike 1.4 miles back out to FS553 the next day. Meeting time and location: 9am at I-20 Exit 199 (Heflin, Al) Hardee's. Contact Howard Gilham 205-253-0490 for additional information.
Mar 2010
Mar 06 - Pinhoti Trail - Maintenance - Read the Pinhoti Trail section of this website and contact John Calhoun 205-956-7287 for additional information.
Mar 07 - Meeting - Vestavia Hills Library on 2nd floor.
Mar 27/28 - Pinhoti Trail - 11.5 miles -Cheaha Trailhead to Adams Gap; Backpacking 5.4 miles first day with overnight camping on trail near Odum/Little Caney Head/ Pinhoti intersecton. Backpacking 6.1 miles second day to Adams Gap. Meeting time: 9am Location: Cheaha Trialhead. Contact O. Kenny 205- 678-6274 for directions and additional information.
Apr 2010
Apr 10 - Pinhoti Trail - Maintenance - Read the Pinhoti Trail section of this website and contact John Calhoun 205-956-7287 for additional information.
Apr 17 - Pinhoti Trail - Wildflower Day Hike - 5.4 miles into Dugger Wilderness on Jones Branch Road from Burns Trailhead returning on the Pinhoti Trail. Overnight car camping at Pine Glen Campground. Contact Tom Coffield 205-531-9312 for directions and additional information.
May 2010
May 01 - Pinhoti Trail - Maintenance - Read the Pinhoti Trail section of this website and contact John Calhoun 205-956-7287 for additional information.
May 02 - Meeting - Vestavia Hills Library on 2nd floor.
May 22/23 - Georgia Pinhoti -TENATIVE 13.1 miles - 6.9 miles first day from Mack White Gap Tralhead to Sloppy Floyd State Park; second day 6.2 miles from Sloppy Floyd State Park to High Point Trailhead. Possible overnight camping at Sloppy Floyd State Park. Contact Tom Coffield at 205-531-9312 for directions and additional information.
Jun 2010
Jun 05 - Pinhoti Trail -National Trails Day celebration activities to be determined. Jun 06 - Meeting - Vestavia Hills Library on 2nd floor.
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