Last year, legendary thru-hiker Jack “Quadzilla” Jones attempted to hike the AT for a grand. Here’s how he fared—and the ...

Stewart Creek Greenway's 181-foot bridge is the longest in Mecklenburg County's greenway system. It's next to where Blue ...

The season was an important one for the mountains of western North Carolina. The communities surrounding Boone and Asheville ...

Floodwaters from the remnants of Hurricane Helene took out a bridge over the Nolichucky River, severing two sections of the ...

Construction of the pedestrian bridge connecting the Appalachian Trail over Virginia 311 at the McAfee Knob trailhead is ...

Nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains where western North Carolina meets upstate South Carolina, Saluda might be the most delightful small town you’ve never heard of. With fewer than 1,000 full-time ...

Spring is in bloom. Here are our favorite places to frolic through fields of flowers, from the Pacific Northwest to the ...

Photo/Bob Scott - A group of Appalachian Trail hikers enjoyed a free pancake breakfast at First Baptist Church then gathered ...

With the help of a dog named Orient and a lot of determination, Bill Irwin became the first blind person to complete the ...

In this 1981 narrative from the Backpacker archives, Jeffrey Cogswell relates the story of a family hike up the Appalachian ...

The crash was reported just after 8:45 p.m. in the South Lakes neighborhood just off N.C. 55, according to Fuquay-Varina town ...