Come out and play!
Welcome to your outdoor playground. The Upstate of South Carolina is nestled in between the mountains and the piedmont. 5,500 feet of elevation change makes our region a veritable outdoor paradise. Nearly every outdoor sport is fostered by our terrain. Flat water or swift water; easy day hiking to hundred-mile long mountain through-hikes; easy sport climbing to advanced aid or ice climbing; road cycling epics to gnarly downhill mountain biking; snowboarding and skiing; fishing for catfish or brook trout; small swimming holes to deep diving. You'll find what feeds your passion here.
Watergroove Climb
Gothic Groove (pitch 3), Cedar Rock, Pisgah National Forest, NC
Hike
Bald Rock Overlook, Pinnacle Trail, Table Rock State Park, SC
Mountain Bike
Big Rock Trail, DuPont State Recreational Forest, NC
Fish the River
Brown trout, Wild and Scenic Chattooga River, SC
Ice Climb
Starshine (pitch 2), Whitesides Mountain, Nantahala National Forest, NC
In the Marsh
Conestee Nature Preserve, Greenville County, SC
Equestrian
Ocoee Horse Trails, Copperhill, TN
Ziplining
The Gorge Zipline, Green River Gorge, NC
"The Cave"
End of "Mescaline Daydream", Tallulah Gorge, GA
Exploration Paddling
Bad Creek Falls, Lake Jocassee, SC
Lion's Mane
Table Rock State Park, SC
Survival Camping
Roan High Knob, NC/TN
Road Cycle
Ride to the Rock, Pickens, SC
Alpine Bike
Ivestor Gap, highest elevation mountain biking in eastern USA (5,860'), Shining Rock Wilderness, NC
There Was a Bear
Ridge trail, Table Rock State Park, SC
Trad Climb
The Great Arch (pitch 3), Stone Mountain State Park, NC
Rainforest
Secret Trail, Mountain Bridge Wilderness, SC
Local Downhill
End of local legend trail Sulfur Springs, Paris Mountain State Park, SC
Fish the Lake
Largemouth bass, undisclosed location, Oconee County, SC
Bathe the Sun
Triple Falls, DuPont State Recrational Forest, NC
Swimming Hole
Little Bradley Falls, NC
Paddle Whitewater
The Narrows, Upper Green River, Green River Gorge, NC
Camp
"High altitude" camping (6,214'), Black Balsam Knob, Pisgah National Forest, NC
In the Gully
Midway up Sam's Gully, Sam's Knob, NC