Copyright and Terms
RedRiverGorgeHiker.com is operated by Red River Gorge Hiker, LLC under the Red River Gorge Hiker brand. Ryan D. Lewis is the photographer behind the original Red River Gorge Hiker photography and personally retains the copyrights in his photographs.
Photography and Copyright
Photographs displayed on RedRiverGorgeHiker.com that are identified as photography by Ryan D. Lewis are copyrighted and owned by Ryan D. Lewis unless expressly stated otherwise. The formation and operation of Red River Gorge Hiker, LLC do not transfer ownership of those photograph copyrights to the LLC.
The Red River Gorge Hiker website, its written material, graphics, branding elements, layouts, and other content may also be protected by copyright, trademark, or other applicable intellectual-property laws. Nothing on this website should be interpreted as granting a license to copy, reproduce, publish, sell, adapt, distribute, display, or otherwise reuse protected material except as expressly permitted in writing or as independently allowed by applicable law.
© Red River Gorge Hiker, LLC. All rights reserved. Creator-specific copyright notices are identified with the applicable work.
You are welcome to view the site and share links to its public pages. Copying, reproducing, publishing, selling, adapting, distributing, displaying, or otherwise reusing photographs or other protected material requires prior written permission unless applicable law independently permits the use.
Purchasing a print, puzzle, gear item, greeting card, or other physical product does not transfer copyright, reproduction rights, or any other intellectual-property rights in the underlying photograph, artwork, branding, or other protected material.
Outdoor Safety and Location Disclaimer
Red River Gorge Hiker contains photographs, stories, descriptions, observations, and general information concerning outdoor locations, including backcountry and off-trail areas. This information is provided for informational and entertainment purposes only. Red River Gorge Hiker is not a trail guide, navigation service, safety service, or substitute for current information from the appropriate land-management agency or other responsible authority.
Hiking, backpacking, climbing, scrambling, creek travel, off-trail exploration, and other backcountry activities involve inherent risks, including difficult terrain, cliffs, falling rock, changing weather, flooding, high water, falling trees and limbs, wildlife, navigation errors, inaccessible routes, injury, and death. Conditions can change substantially after photographs are taken or information is published.
You are solely responsible for determining whether a location can be legally and safely accessed, evaluating current conditions, obtaining any required permits or permissions, selecting appropriate equipment, and determining whether an activity is within your abilities. Always follow applicable laws, closures, regulations, private-property boundaries, posted restrictions, and guidance from the relevant land-management authorities.
Any decision to visit, locate, approach, or attempt to access a place described or depicted on this website is made voluntarily and at your own risk. Red River Gorge Hiker, LLC, operating under the Red River Gorge Hiker brand, makes no representation or warranty that any location shown or discussed on the website is currently accessible, publicly accessible, safe, accurately described, or suitable for any particular visitor.
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Red River Gorge Hiker, LLC shall not be responsible for injuries, losses, damages, expenses, or other consequences arising from a visitor's use of or reliance upon outdoor, geographic, historical, safety, access, or location-related information provided through this website.
Detailed off-trail directions, sensitive locations, coordinates, or access information may be withheld at the discretion of Red River Gorge Hiker.
Search & Rescue and Emergency Information
Red River Gorge Hiker is not an emergency service, search-and-rescue agency, official safety authority, or dispatch service. If you are experiencing an active emergency, contact 911 or the appropriate public emergency authority rather than attempting to contact Red River Gorge Hiker through this website.
The Search & Rescue section may summarize general preparedness practices and publicly available information from land-management, weather, transportation, park, or emergency organizations. Rules, closures, access, weather, road conditions, permits, and emergency circumstances can change. Visitors should confirm current information directly with the linked responsible agency before a trip and follow emergency-dispatch instructions during an incident.
Red River Gorge Hiker, LLC independently supports Wolfe County Search & Rescue. RRGH maintains a minimum $500 annual Company commitment and separately allocates 20% of positive Red River Gorge Hiker business profit. These commitments are separate and additive; neither offsets nor satisfies the other. Historical personal support by Ryan D. Lewis remains separate from Company support.
No formal partnership, sponsorship, endorsement, agency relationship, promotional arrangement, or commercial relationship with Wolfe County Search & Rescue is stated or implied. Neither Red River Gorge Hiker, LLC nor Ryan D. Lewis speaks for Wolfe County Search & Rescue.
Links inviting visitors to donate directly to Wolfe County Search & Rescue send visitors to WCSART's own public donation system. Direct charitable donations do not pass through Red River Gorge Hiker, LLC or Ryan D. Lewis, and neither Red River Gorge Hiker, LLC nor Ryan D. Lewis processes, holds, or relays those direct donations.
Accuracy and Changes
Every reasonable effort may be made to present information accurately, but no guarantee is made that information on the website is complete, current, error-free, or suitable for any particular purpose. Trails, roads, property boundaries, regulations, access conditions, natural features, and landscapes can change without notice.
Website content may be corrected, changed, updated, removed, or expanded at any time without notice.
Prints, Puzzles, Gear, and Third-Party Services
Online product purchases linked from Red River Gorge Hiker are completed through the Red River Gorge Hiker Store at store.RedRiverGorgeHiker.com, which is powered by Pixels / Fine Art America. Pixels operates the checkout and payment system and handles on-demand production, shipping, customer service, and returns. Purchases through the Store are also subject to the applicable Pixels terms, privacy practices, and return policies. Red River Gorge Hiker, LLC does not manufacture or ship Pixels orders, process buyers’ payment cards, or administer Pixels returns.
Red River Gorge Hiker is not responsible for the operation, availability, content, security, policies, products, or services of third-party websites. A link to another website does not constitute a guarantee or endorsement of everything available through that website.
Merchandise Pricing
Prices displayed on RedRiverGorgeHiker.com for merchandise are provided for convenience and may not always reflect the current Store price. Product options, shipping charges, taxes, promotions, discounts, and other charges may vary. The price, product configuration, shipping charge, tax, discount, and final total displayed by the Red River Gorge Hiker Store at the time of purchase control the transaction.
No Warranty
RedRiverGorgeHiker.com and its content are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, no express or implied warranties are made concerning the website or its content, including warranties concerning accuracy, reliability, availability, safety, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement.
Limitation of Liability
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Red River Gorge Hiker, LLC shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages arising from or related to access to, use of, inability to use, or reliance upon RedRiverGorgeHiker.com or its content.
Nothing in these Terms is intended to exclude or limit liability that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited.
Changes to These Terms
These Terms may be revised from time to time as the website, its content, or its services change. The version published on this page is the version currently applicable to use of the website.
Questions and Permissions
Questions concerning these Terms, copyright, artwork permissions, or website content may be sent to Info@RedRiverGorgeHiker.com. Permission must be granted in writing by the applicable copyright holder or authorized rights representative.