This story was originally published in The Sylva Herald Feb. 9. Ski Sapphire Valley’s 15th Outhouse Race is back after skipping 2021 because of the pandemic. The popular race is set for 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 19, though the event is somewhat fluid. “The way it usually works is, the race is on the bunny […]
Bouldering competition at WCU
February 8, 2022 by
Story co-written with Nick Childs The Department of Campus Recreation and Base Camp Cullowhee will be hosting their annual bouldering competition Feb. 7-10 from 4-8 p.m. daily at the Campus Recreation Center climbing wall. Casey Fenton, Interim Assistant Director of Outdoor Programs, describes bouldering as one of the most basic forms of climbing. “You’re not […]
Registration open for the 11th annual Assault on BlackRock
February 25, 2021 by
Story originally published in the Sylva Herald, publication from Feb. 25. About 120 of the most in-shape athletes around will scramble up to Blackrock summit in the 11th Assault on Blackrock on Saturday, March 30. The seven-mile race starts in the parking lot of Sylva’s Pinnacle Park, up to the Blackrock summit and back, totaling […]
Outhouse races return to Sapphire
February 19, 2020 by
Story published in The Sylva Herald on Feb. 20, 2020 What do you get when you combine skis, racing and bathrooms? Outhouse races. Sixteen teams from all over the southeast built outhouses and raced down the snowy slopes in the 2020 outhouse races at Sapphire Valley Ski Resort. The only regulations were outhouses had to […]
New Record Set at 24th Annual Green River Race
November 4, 2019 by
Over 2,000 people spent sunny Saturday, Nov. 2, on the banks of Green River near Saluda, North Carolina, cheering for kayakers competing for the fastest run over the roaring Class V Rapids. The 24th annual Green River Run saw 157 kayakers hoping to set some new time records and take the title in this prestigious […]
WCU students help clean up the Tuck
April 21, 2019 by
Co-written/produced with Mary McCay The 35th annual Tuck River Cleanup kicked off at WCU on Saturday, April 13. Hundreds of students and people from around Jackson County joined together to clean up the Tuckasegee River in one of the largest single-day river cleanups in the nation. About 600 participants were bused over to Lena Davis Landing […]
