Kurt's Hikes
Kurt Rheinheimer
Kurt's Hikes: The Last Dispatch
As I conclude my tenure with Blue Ridge Country magazine, which began with its founding in 1988, I will not conclude the weekly woods walks with The Greatest Day Hiker Of Them All.
Dec 1, 2025
20th Year of the Hiking Oddity: A Few New Spots and Lots of Family Along*
Most of our every-weekend hikes were local to our home in Roanoke, Virginia, and repeats of ones we’ve done many times, but there were a few new things along the way.
Jan 13, 2025
Kurt Rheinheimer
Kurt's Hikes: June-December 2023
You look at seven months of hikes to close the 19th year of Gail and me walking every weekend and you start to see some patterns, most striking of which is the hikes are creeping toward shorter.
Jan 16, 2024
Kurt's Hikes: Jan-May, 2023
One highlight of the walks of the first five months of the year was a semi-surprise for The Day Hiker when, upon our arrival at the base of the Star Trail up Roanoke Mountain, pretty much the whole dang family (all but the Raleigh family) was there.
Jun 1, 2023
Kurt's Hikes: Oct-Dec, 2022
Our fall hikes included lots of old favorites, a few urban walks and three great family hikes, with grandkids as young as 5 along for hikes of nearly eight miles total—in the cold!
Jan 26, 2023
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