September 28, 2019 – The 2019 Reach the Peaks Challenge is the premier single day hiking and trail running challenge in North Carolina. This years 7th challenge will be the toughest yet and offer a strenuous 11 mile world class trail route that will test participants from the banks of the Dan River to Moores Knob, the highest NC peak east of the Blue Ridge Mountains. The 2019 Reach the Peaks Challenge will once again begin and end at the Dan River Company / Green Heron Alehouse in Danbury, NC and utilize Hanging Rock State Parks Indian Creek Trail, Campground Road, and Moores Wall Trail.

Net proceeds from the 2019 Reach the Peaks Challenge will support Arts in Education programs in Stokes County Schools which are in partnership with the Winston-Salem Symphony, Piedmont Opera, Bailey Mountain Cloggers, Columbia Marionette Theatre, Mike Wiley Productions, WSSU, UNCSA, and UNCG Theatre for Young People.

ADVANCED REGISTRATION is $30 per person for adults and $20 per person for youth (ages 18 and under) and ends on Thursday, September 26 at 11:59pm. Day of Registration is $40 per person for adults, $30 for youth.

The HIKING CHALLENGE for the 2019 Reach the Peaks Challenge will be limited to the first 500 participants to sign up, whether Advanced or Day of.

For more information, contact the Stokes County Arts Council at 336-593-8159.