Shining Rock & Middle Prong Wilderness Areas
Named for the white quartzite rock that forms its summit, Shining Rock’s 5940-foot peak is not the highest in these two wilderness areas. In fact, … Read more
Black Mountains
Mt. Mitchell State Park & the Black Mountains Named for the dark evergreen forests of spruce and fir that cover its peaks, the Black Mountain … Read more
Hiking Grandfather Mountain
Grandfather Mountain Guide Grandfather Mountain is renowned throughout the southern Appalachians. And deservedly so. As the highest peak in the Blue Ridge, the first line … Read more
Linville Gorge Wilderness – Pisgah National Forest
The Linville Gorge Wilderness Area is sometimes called the Grand Canyon of the East, but the metaphor doesn’t exactly fit because in the real Grand … Read more