With temperatures slowly rising to the balmy Western North Carolina summer standard, and old favorites reopening to visitors, it's a great time to start planning a hike. There are countless trails in ...

Local hiking experts guide us through the best hikes for every kind of Asheville adventure, from easy walks and hikes with waterfalls to more rigorous loop hikes and more. We turned to local experts ...

Fall colors are beginning to peak in areas of Western North Carolina this week, and according to several area experts, the leaves will be showing off their true colors very soon, making this week and ...

Outdoor magazine Backpacker had some praise for a classic Western North Carolina hiking destination — and the fall color that surrounds it — on its list of five best crowd-free fall leaf hikes.