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Youth backpacking ministry joins Lake Junaluska

Participants will hike sections of the Mountains-to-Sea Trail, which runs through Pisgah National Forest. Participants will hike sections of the Mountains-to-Sea Trail, which runs through Pisgah National Forest. Jim Grode ­photo

Lake Junaluska and Wilderness Trail, a long-time adventure and backpacking ministry, have joined forces to launch a new satellite program at Lake Junaluska June 6–11.

Based in Troutdale, Virginia, with an office at First United Methodist Church of Waynesville, Wilderness Trail has a 39-year history of leading backpacking trips for middle school and high school students in the Mount Rogers National Recreation Area in Virginia.

Participants in the Lake Junaluska program will spend four nights backpacking in the nearby Pisgah National Forest.

No previous hiking or backpacking experience is required. Participants need only bring a sleeping bag; a full packing list is available at Wtrail.com.

The program is limited to 40 participants and the deadline to register is March 31. To register, visit bit.ly/ljwildernesstrail.

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