In Asheville, Hot Springs and other towns that cater to hikers, many restaurants, hotels and Airbnb’s have reopened. Road repair work in the mountains is still underway, the N.C. Department of ...

To date, the US Forest Service has surveyed and cleared nearly 240 miles of roads (nearly 76% of roads) across the ...

The Appalachian Trail stands to be impacted by the recent and shocking cuts to the Park Service and the Forest Service.

The Appalachian Trail Conservancy regularly updates its ... of the Mountains-to-Sea Trail that are open in western North Carolina.

Western North Carolina is home to more than a million acres of national forest controlled by the Forest Service. In addition, ...

A part of the trail in East Tennessee and western North Carolina has finally reopened after much of it was destroyed during ...

The U.S. Forest Service has reopened several trails and roads in the Appalachian Ranger District. The U.S. Forest Service has cleared 137 miles of trails, including over 114 miles of the Appalachian ...

A part of the Appalachian Trail in Western North Carolina has reopened nearly four and a half months after Helene.

Some recovery work in the North Carolina mountains since Hurricane Helene has happened off the beaten path as volunteers and government crews repair damage on the Appalachian Trail and Mountains ...

"It also was (started) to recognize that we are the only town in North Carolina to have the Appalachian Trail running through Main Street," Hall said. "It's the first one that the northbound ...