Boone, North Carolina · Guided trips in the Blue Ridge
Five guided routes leave Boone — hiking, kayaking, zip lines, rock climbing and sunset photography. Tell us the day you want, and your guide draws the route before you go.
The catalogue · five guided routes
Five ways into the Blue Ridge out of Boone. Read what the terrain does, pick the day that suits you, and add it to your trip.
Route 01
Guided hiking tours
Ridge balds & spruce forest
The long view, on foot. Your guide sets the route for the group and the day's weather, then leads it from the trailhead to the bald and back down.
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Route 02
Kayaking trips
Moving water, slow bends
Moving water around Boone, paddled at the group's pace. A guide leads the line and stays with you the whole way down.
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Route 03
Rock climbing
Rock, rope & anchor
Boone-area granite, rope on. Your guide handles the anchors and coaches the moves, whether it is your first route or your fiftieth.
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Route 04
Zip-line adventures
Hardwood canopy, high wires
Platform to platform through the treetops. Clip in, step off, and let the ridgelines run away underneath you.
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Route 05
Sunset photography tours
Light, frame & overlook
A guided hour at the end of the day. Your guide takes the group to an overlook and works with whatever light turns up.
Add Golden Hour →Elevation profile · creek level to the balds
Read it left to right: water at the bottom, granite in the middle, the canopy and the ridgelines up top, and the last of the day's light waiting above all of it.
01
The high line. Open balds, spruce forest and the long view back toward Boone.
02
The low line. Creek water, slow bends, paddle in hand and no rush.
03
The vertical. Rock, rope and the hold you did not think you would take.
04
The air line. Hardwood canopy and high wires between the ridges.
05
The last light. An overlook timed to the end of the day.
How the day runs
Hiking, paddling, climbing, canopy or the sunset hour. Pick the terrain that sounds like your day and we build around it.
Tell us when you are in Boone and who is coming along. Your guide works the route around the time you have.
You meet your guide in town, go through the plan and the gear, then head out to the trailhead together.
The route is drawn before you leave, so the day gets spent looking at the ridges instead of down at a map.
Plan your trip
Send your dates and the terrain you are after. A guide comes back with a route, a meeting point in Boone, and what to put in your pack.
Boone is the trailhead for all five routes. Tell us when you are in town, how many are coming, and which line you want to follow.
Hiking · Paddling · Climbing · Zip lines · Sunset