MCDOWELL COUNTY, N.C. — One of the most popular waterfalls in the North Carolina mountains has reopened after it closed for two years. The National Forest Service wanted to improve access to the ...

ASHEVILLE - Numerous trails in the Pisgah National Forest are now open to hikers and visitors — including the popular Catawba Falls — months after Tropical Storm Helene brought tens of millions of ...

ASHEVILLE — On hands and knees, Lisa Jennings and her right-hand woman, Hunter Campbell, crawled under sprawling rhododendron shrubs around Catawba’s upper falls, setting markers for what is now the ...

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.

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 ...

The highly popular Catawba Falls Trail near Old Fort will be closed for up to a year starting May 2, the U.S. Forest Service announced April 20, as crews work to construct boardwalks, viewing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One of the most popular waterfalls in the North Carolina mountains has reopened after it closed for two years. The National Forest ...