Upcoming events

    • 12/10/2025
    • 5:30 PM - 8:00 PM
    • 110 Black Mountain Ave. Black Mountain, NC 28711

    Join us on WEDNESDAY, December 10th for a joyful evening as we celebrate the holiday season and reflect on an incredible year at Waypoint Adventure North Carolina!

    This FREE open house-style event is a chance to:

    Celebrate the impact of our community and programs

    Learn more about Waypoint Adventure

    Honor our volunteers and announce the 2025 Volunteer of the Year


    • 12/12/2025
    • 12/14/2025
    • Jomeokee Campground 1140 Paces Place Rd #8373, Pinnacle, NC 27043

    EVENT DETAILS HERE

    North Carolina Climbers Festival Presented by Fox Mountain Guides

    Join us for the annual North Carolina Climbers Festival—a weekend dedicated to celebrating climbing, building community, and protecting the places we love.

    All proceeds directly support local stewardship efforts, helping to maintain and improve climbing access in NC.

    When: December 12 - 14, 2025

    Location: Jomeokee Campground and surrounding climbing areas

    What to Expect:

    Climbing at Pilot Mountain State Park, Hanging Rock State Park and Sauratown Mountain

    Climbing educational clinics

    Vendor village featuring local businesses and gear

    Food and craft beer

    BYO baked goods and potluck.

    Evening gathering and celebration

    Fundraising raffle packed with great prizes

    Community climbing

    Registration includes:

    2025 NC Climbers Festival t-shirt (must sign up by 11/14 to be guaranteed a t-shirt)

    Access to community climbing at at Pilot Mountain State Park, Hanging Rock State Park and Sauratown Mountain

    *Access to climber education clinics (see info below on clinics)

    Access to raffle

    Camping Friday and Saturday night at Jomeokee Campground

    *Clinics*

    Local guide services will host clinics at this year's event. Access info and sign up for clinics by following the links below:

    Links to sign up coming soon!

    Fox Mountain Guides:

    Intro to Trad

    Multi-Pitch Efficiencies

    Appalachian Climbing School:

    Intro to Outdoor Bouldering

    Women's Intro Day

    Open Air Guides:

    Topic Coming Soon

    Issues registering for a clinic? Contact Alycia at aandrade@carolinaclimbers.org

    • 12/13/2025
    • 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM
    • Asheville Middle School 211 S French Broad Ave Asheville, NC 28801 United States

    EVENT DETAILS HERE


    Where Community Spirit Meets Holiday Cheer!

    December 13, 2025 | Asheville, NC

    Get in the holiday spirit and lace up your running shoes for a fabulously festive 5K adventure through downtown Asheville. This chip timed run combines the joy of the season with the satisfaction of supporting a great cause, as we raise funds for the Asheville City Schools Band Programs.

    Navigate our fun and challenging course that winds through Asheville’s “South Slope” and “River Arts District” areas, showcasing the charm and natural beauty that makes our city special. Whether you’re a seasoned runner or just starting your fitness journey, this race welcomes participants of all ages and abilities.


    • 01/14/2026
    • 5:30 PM - 8:00 PM
    • Revival - 66 Asheland Avenue
    Register


    Join us for our OBA annual members meeting!  Thanks to the event sponsor, Roberts and Stevens, P.A., your first beverage at the bar is free!  

    Let's join together and celebrate resiliency, renewal and the accomplishments of 2025 and hear the exciting opportunities coming in 2026!

    Revival, Asheville's newest premier Concert Venue, Listening Room & Event Space in the heart of downtown Asheville, is our host this year and and we are grateful for their partnership. They can be found around the corner from Hi-Wire Brewery and Ben's Tune-Up. 

    Ample Parking along Coxe Ave, or use Parking garages at:

    40 Coxe Ave or 45 Federal Alley Garage


    • 01/24/2026
    • 7:30 AM - 11:00 AM
    • "Isaac Dickson Elementary School 125 Hill St Asheville, NC 28801 United States"


    Celebrating 18 years of running in 2026!

    Choose from the chip timed 5K, 10K, Half Marathon or

    the kids untimed fun runs 1K Hill Climb or Marshmallow Dash.

    benefiting the non-profit Isaac Dickson Elementary School Parent Teacher Organization(PTO).

    Enjoy Asheville, North Carolina’s very own Hot Chocolaty races.

    Start and finish at Isaac Dickson Elementary School, 125 Hill St, Asheville, NC 28801

    The Asheville Hot Chocolate races has been the highlight of Western North Carolina’s winter running season since 2008. The race began as a simple 10k with a 1k kids hill climb. The race grew as a family event and so the short, 100 yard Marshmallow Dash was added for the newest little runners. In 2018 we added a much requested 5k to the line up. And lastly, in 2022, we emerged from the pandemic with an added challenge, our newest distance, the Hot Chocolate Half Marathon! Unfortunately, due to the destruction of a lot of the half marathon course from Hurricane Helene we skipped the half marathon distance in 2025 but it will make a triumphant reurn in 2026!!!

    With a downhill start and an up hill finish the meat of the race is a beautiful run along the French Broad River. The race benefits the Isaac Dickson Parent Teacher Organization which in turn supports the teachers, students and families of our school. Learn more and donation to their efforts here. Isaac Dickson PTO.


Past events

11/27/2025 2025 Black Mountain Turkey Trot 5K
11/22/2025 2025 Fall Girls on the Run 5k
11/18/2025 HR Roundtable- from Hiring to Firing
11/15/2025 2025 Bear Country 5K & 10K
11/12/2025 OBA November "Friendsgiving" Networking Social @ Rockgeist
11/01/2025 I9PA Release Party + Benefit Bike Bash!
10/25/2025 Pumpkin Pedaller - Asheville on Bikes
10/25/2025 Pumpkin Pedaller
10/25/2025 1st Annual Grip It and Sip It Disc Golf Tournament
10/25/2025 2025 Wicked Spooky 5K
10/23/2025 Hike Deaverview Mtn w/ OBA & SAHC
10/11/2025 2025 Paysons Run 10K
10/10/2025 A River Runs Through it Movie Screening at Iron Key Brewing in Columbus, NC benefiting MountainTrue’s Green Riverkeeper Program 10/10
10/10/2025 Pisgah Campout Customer Appreciation Weekend
10/08/2025 City of Hickory Outdoor Business Networking Event
10/08/2025 OBA October Halloween Networking Social - Subaru
10/04/2025 Tour de Fat - Asheville on Bikes
10/02/2025 Stronger than the Storm: A MountainTrue Gathering honoring the challenge, the recovery & the people making it happen in Asheville, NC 10/2
09/27/2025 2025 Oktoberfest Half Marathon & 5K
09/13/2025 2025 Waynesville Rec Jam 5K
09/12/2025 BANFF Mountain Centre Film Festival World Tour benefiting MountainTrue
09/10/2025 OBA September Networking Social - Wunderland Resort
09/06/2025 The EarthBae Launch Party
09/06/2025 2025 Chasing Trail Ultras
08/27/2025 HR Roundtable @ Wrong Way
08/27/2025 HR Roundtable- Zoom option
08/23/2025 Boondock Van Co Grand Opening Party!
08/23/2025 Summer Cycle - Asheville on Bikes
08/16/2025 CMC_ Cat Gap Loop Workday
08/16/2025 Cat Gap Loop Workday with Carolina Mountain Club
07/10/2025 OBA July Networking Social - Rafting with NOC
06/29/2025 Sunset Sound Bath with Asheville Wellness Tours
06/28/2025 Baby Goat Yoga with Asheville Wellness Tours
06/21/2025 Rockgeist Grand Re-Opening
06/21/2025 MountainTrue 2025 BioBlitz
06/11/2025 OBA June Networking Social -Gravelo Workshop
06/08/2025 RAD Half Marathon & 10k
06/07/2025 Old Fort Trails & Trains Festival
05/29/2025 Outdoor Business Showcase @ Steep Canyon Rangers Free Community Concert
05/29/2025 High Country Recovering Forward: Outdoor Communities & Public Land Managers
05/28/2025 CORE - May Networking Event
05/28/2025 Conservation Conversations hosted by MountainTrue
05/23/2025 Bicycle Friendly Business Breakdown
05/20/2025 Tools for Growing Rural Outdoor Recreation Communities
05/17/2025 The Love Of Craft
04/26/2025 10th Annual Get In Gear Festival
04/12/2025 Camp Grier Spring Fundraiser
04/10/2025 Waypoint Adventure NC Spring Fundraising Party!
04/05/2025 Asheville on Bikes Spring Out '25
04/03/2025 Hurricane Helene Recovery Panel & Discussion with MountainTrue
03/12/2025 OBA March Networking Social - Second Gear
03/11/2025 McHone Performance Training to Celebrate Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting Following Extensive Hurricane Recovery
03/06/2025 2025 Paddling Film Festival World Tour benefiting MountainTrue
02/24/2025 Public Meeting: Learn about the Bailey Mountain Preserve and the Bone Camp Property
02/12/2025 OBA February Networking Social - McHone Performance Training Center
02/08/2025 Bike Love '25 @ Eulogy
01/15/2025 Hatch Recovery Roundtable
01/08/2025 OBA 3rd Annual Winter Warmer Gathering - Sponsored by Roberts & Stevens, P.A.
12/21/2024 Adaptive Climbing Clinic w/ Catalyst Sports - Volunteers Needed
12/03/2024 No Man's Land Film Festival hosted by MountainTrue
11/23/2024 Adaptive Climbing Clinic w/ Catalyst Sports - Volunteers Needed
11/18/2024 Appalachian Wildlife Refuge's Online Auction
11/17/2024 Wrong Way Revival: BBQ + Bluegrass + Fundraiser + Tattoos
11/15/2024 A BENEFIT FOR THE WNC OUTDOOR COMMUNITY - ROARING BACK!
10/26/2024 Adaptive Climbing Clinic w/ Catalyst Sports - Volunteers Needed
10/26/2024 Volunteers Needed! Help with the Wicked Spooky 5k and earn $$ for MountainTrue (and a free beer!)
10/23/2024 COMING TOGETHER: WNC OUTDOOR INDUSTRY NIGHT FOR CAMARADERIE & SUPPORT
10/05/2024 Urban e-bike tour of Asheville with MountainTrue
10/01/2024 Online Native Plant Sale benefiting MountainTrue
09/28/2024 Adaptive Climbing Clinic w/ Catalyst Sports - Volunteers Needed
09/28/2024 ENO's Silver Jubilee at Fonta Flora Brewery - Whippoorwill Farm
09/28/2024 TEDxBrevard
09/26/2024 Wild Night for Wildlife
09/18/2024 MountainTrue Brainy Brews: Solar Energy edition with Sugar Hollow Solar
09/13/2024 Sweeten Creek STOMP Cleanup
09/11/2024 OBA Speaker Series & Networking - Pete Ripmaster
08/28/2024 Wrong Way Anniversary Party
08/25/2024 TEDxBrevard Speaker Camp
08/24/2024 Adaptive Climbing Clinic w/ Catalyst Sports - Volunteers Needed
08/22/2024 Paddling Film Festival World Tour Screening in Asheville, NC benefiting MountainTrue and the French Broad Riverkeeper
08/14/2024 OBA Summer Social & Wiener Roast
07/27/2024 Adaptive Climbing Clinic w/ Catalyst Sports - Volunteers Needed
07/20/2024 Together 25 - ENO & Mast Store Asheville Celebrate 25 Years
07/20/2024 SylvanSport 20th Anniversary Sale & Celebration
07/10/2024 MountainTrue Presents Brainy Brews: French Broad River Edition in Asheville, NC
07/02/2024 French Broad River Clean-Up – with Mountain True x Pirani
06/22/2024 Adaptive Climbing Clinic w/ Catalyst Sports - Volunteers Needed
06/22/2024 Snorkel the French Broad River’s Headwaters in Rosman, NC
06/20/2024 Crag Crafts - Upcycled Climbing Rope Cozie Workshop
06/15/2024 Second Gear's 20th Anniversary Block Party
06/12/2024 OBA Family Cookout and Adventures at Cold Spring Base Camp
06/02/2024 Asheville Family Adventure Fest - Fundraiser for autism services in WNC
06/01/2024 Old Fort Trails & Trains Festival
06/01/2024 Appalachian Trail Workday + Afterparty- Carolina Mountain Club & Big Pillow Brewing
06/01/2024 2024 MountainTrue Nolichucky BioBlitz in Erwin, TN
05/25/2024 Adaptive Climbing Clinic w/ Catalyst Sports - Volunteers Needed
05/21/2024 5Point Adventure Film Screening in Asheville, NC
05/07/2024 Coffee Hour with MountainTrue: French Broad Paddle Trail
05/07/2024 Swing for Cause Fundraiser - PiviotPoint WNC
05/04/2024 OBA's 9th Annual Get In Gear Fest - Showcasing the Outdoor Industry Hub of the East
04/27/2024 Adaptive Climbing Clinic w/ Catalyst Sports - Volunteers Needed
04/24/2024 Virtual OBA Marketing Roundtable: Adapting to the Post-Cookie Era
04/22/2024 Earth Day Celebration in Asheville, NC
04/22/2024 Earth Day Wildflower Walk and Garlic Mustard Pull near Hot Springs, NC 4/22
04/21/2024 Trail Running Film Festival - Asheville
04/20/2024 International Fly Fishing Film Festival - Boone, NC - Benefitting MountainTrue and the Watauga Riverkeeper
04/20/2024 French Broad Paddle Trail Clean Up – Redmon Dam River Access near Marshall, NC
04/17/2024 Reducing Single-Use Plastics: Lunch and Learn with MountainTrue:
04/17/2024 Spring 2024 WNC Career Expo
04/10/2024 OBA April Networking Social - MADE X MTNS Retail Campaign Launch at Wrong Way River Lodge & Cabins
04/10/2024 Business Opportunities for More in 2024 - Free Business Training!
03/28/2024 Missing Middle Housing: TLDR. An event exploring what middle housing is and why we need it.
03/26/2024 Coffee Hour with MountainTrue: Ancient Forests of the Blue Ridge
03/23/2024 Adaptive Climbing Clinic w/ Catalyst Sports - Volunteers Needed
03/23/2024 Cane Creek Open House/Yard Sale
03/22/2024 World Water Day with MountainTrue
03/14/2024 OBA Paddlesports Roundtable #2
03/13/2024 Approaching DEI with Intention and Action
03/07/2024 Waypoint Accelerator Graduation and Pitch Competition
03/01/2024 The Rumble 2024 - Outdoor ropes and bouldering competition
02/24/2024 Adaptive Climbing Clinic w/ Catalyst Sports - Volunteers Needed
02/24/2024 Spring Volunteer Training - Waypoint Adventure
02/20/2024 Mountain True Trivia Night & Beer Release
02/10/2024 Bike Love @ Highland Brewing Company
02/07/2024 OBA February Networking Social - Outrider USA
02/01/2024 WEEKLY BIKE RIDE - Old Fort
01/25/2024 WEEKLY BIKE RIDE - North Mills River
01/18/2024 WEEKLY BIKE RIDE - Brevard
01/17/2024 Brainy Brews with MountainTrue
01/13/2024 5Point Adventure Film Festival
01/11/2024 WEEKLY BIKE RIDE - Dupont
01/10/2024 OBA Winter Warmer Gathering @ The Grey Eagle Music Hall
01/04/2024 WEEKLY BIKE RIDE - Bent Creek
12/15/2023 NC Outdoor Recreation Coalition Monthly Meeting
12/13/2023 OBA Paddle/River Roundtable
12/09/2023 Holiday Tree-Cycle Making Class with Cactus to Pine
11/30/2023 FREE ABA Educational Happy Hour: DMJPS Annual Tax Update & Planning
11/20/2023 Alcohol Management Class with Mercy Urgent Care
11/18/2023 Southeast Paraclimbing Competition - Catalyst Sports
11/17/2023 G5 Trail Work Weekend (11/17 - 11/19)
11/14/2023 WTF is AI? - Using AI to Boost Productivity and Capacity
11/02/2023 Waypoint Accelerator - Cohort 5 Kickoff Celebration
10/28/2023 PUMPKIN PEDALLER - Asheville on Bikes - Presented by Industry Nine
10/25/2023 OBA Halloween Networking Social
10/03/2023 Stargazing w/ Telescopes on Blue Ridge Parkway
09/27/2023 Outdoor Eats Event
09/23/2023 MAX Patch Afterparty, w/ CMC & BearWaters Brewing Co.
09/23/2023 MAX Patch Workday w/ Carolina Mountain Club
09/18/2023 5th Annual Outdoor Economy Conference
09/13/2023 OBA Speaker Series - Shane Cooper, DeFeet Intl.
08/31/2023 Employee Health Insurance Offering/Options for OBA Members
08/27/2023 Wrong Way River Lodge & Cabins 1yr. Anniversary Celebration
08/26/2023 Open House - Timber Ninja Outdoors
08/16/2023 OBA Summer Social and Wiener Roast

Upcoming events


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