Kentucky Hiker Project Podcast
Highlighting some of the best hiking in the Commonwealth and benefiting organizations conserving and expanding our Public Lands.
Episode 19
Fundraising Update | KNLT and Blue Grass GoodGiving Challenge
Something FUN | Mason Jar Savings Challenge
Stocking Stuffer | Pocket Bellow
Beneficiary Organization | Kentucky Natural Lands Trust
Episode 18
Featured Hike | Buzzards Roost South and Keystone Arch
Hiking Skill Builder | Scrambling is Hiking
Leave No Trace | Day Use Only Areas
Beneficiary Organization | Kentucky Natural Lands Trust
Episode 17
SPECIAL TOPIC | Constitutional Amendments
Hiking Skill Builder | Off Trail Arch Huntin’
Leave No Trace | Don’t Create New Trails
Beneficiary Organization | Kentucky Natural Lands Trust
Episode 16
Episode Sponsor | Billy Yarosh on AllTrails or Instagram
Featured Hikes | Pinnacle Overlook, Sunset at Herndon J. Evans Lodge
Hiking Skill Builder | Revisting Hiking Regions
Leave No Trace | Tarr Ridge Human Fire
Beneficiary Organization | Kentucky Natural Lands Trust
Episode 15
Episode Sponsor | Katherine Stone, PhD, Psychologist Specializing in Children and Young Adults in the Greater Lexington Area
Featured Hikes | Sky Bridge, Swift Camp Creek Overlook, Devil’s Canyon, Whistling Arch, Chimney Top Rock, Princess Arch, Rock Bridge and Creation Falls, Auxier Ridge, Double Arch, Natural Bridge, Lovers Leap
Hiking Skill Builder | Campfires and Forest Fires, Kevin James aka Kentucky Explorer
Leave No Trace | All Night Rock Concerts are Risky
Beneficiary Organization | Kentucky Natural Lands Trust
Episode 14
Featured Hikes | Breaks Interstate Park
Hiking Skill Builder | Peak Fall Colors
Beneficiary Organization | Kentucky Natural Lands Trust
Episode 13
Featured Hikes | Sunset at Military Wall Overlook, Sunrise at Chimney Top Rock, Sunset at Pioneer Northwest, Hanson’s Point-Gray’s Arch Loop, Swift Camp Creek Point to Point Plus
Spotlight | Boy Scouts of America, Boy Scouts of Kentucky Since 1908
Beneficiary Organization | Kentucky Natural Lands Trust
Episode 12
Featured Hikes | Bullock Pre-Sunrise, 12 O’Clock Sunrise, Creech Sunrise, Fog Overlooks on LST, Log Rock, Gazebo, Combs Overlook, Big Toe Rock, Lovers Leap
Hiking Skill Builder | Sunrise and Sunset Views
Leave No Trace Topic | #5 Minimize Campfire Impacts
Beneficiary Organization | Kentucky Natural Lands Trust
Episode 11
Featured Hikes | Grotto Falls, Lick Falls Loop, Grayson Lake Damsite Tower and Spillway, Vanceburg Veterans Memorial Park
Hiking Skill Builder | Enjoying Misery
Leave No Trace Topic | #1 Plan Ahead and Prepare
Beneficiary Organization | Kentucky Natural Lands Trust
Episode 10
Featured Hike | Grotto Falls
Hiking Skill Builder | SUPs on the Cheap
Leave No Trace Topic | #7 Be Considerate of Others
Beneficiary Organization | Kentucky Natural Lands Trust
Episode 9
Beneficiary Organization | Kentucky Natural Lands Trust
Featured Hike | Count’s Cabin to Big Toe Rock
Hiking Skill Builder | Hiking Sloped Slabs
Leave No Trace Topic | All 7 Principles
Episode 8
Featured Hike | Copperas Creek Nine Arch Tour
Hiking Skill Builder | Route Finding on User Trails
Leave No Trace Topic | #2 Travel and Camp on Durable Surfaces
Beneficiary Organization | Kentucky Natural Lands Trust
Episode 7
Beneficiary Organization | Kentucky Natural Lands Trust
Featured Hike | Raven Rock in Red River Gorge
Hiking Skill Builder | Downhilling Steeps
Leave No Trace Topic | #7 Be Considerate of Other Visitors
Sponsors and NOT Sponsors | Hiker Drip, Personal Space, Fraternal Order of Woodland Messmakers
Episode 6
Beneficiary Organization | Kentucky Natural Lands Trust
Episode Topics | Eastern Kentucky Flood
Related Links | appalshop.org/floodsupport
Episode 5
Beneficiary Organization | Kentucky Natural Lands Trust
Episode Topics | National Forests, Weeks Act of 1911, White Mountain National Forest, Daniel Boone National Forest, Red River Gorge Management
Episode 4
Elsewhere Bonus Episode | White Mountain National Forest
Episode 3
Featured Hike | Little Shepherd Trail from Kingdom Come to US-119
Leave No Trace Topic | #1 Plan Ahead and Prepare
Hiking Skill Builder | Water in the Ridges and Valleys Region of the Appalachian Mountains
Episode 2
Featured Hike | Sunset at Twilight Arch Overlook
Hiking Skill | Night Hiking
Leave No Trace | The Curious Case of Wheeled Tracks and a Rescue on Swift Camp Creek Trail
Episode 1
Hike Highlight - White’s Branch, Ramp, and Twilight Arches plus Natural Bridge and Four Overlooks; LNT Topic - Leave What You Find; Skills - Leaf Litter and User Trails; Q&A - How NOT to Get Lost; Sponsors & NOT Sponsors - Hop’s at RRG, Velveeta Cheese Nail Polish, J&H Lanmark, Nymph Ticks
