Partnership with Railroad Earth To Bring Added Creative To Festival Tickets On Sale Friday, April 5, 2012 at 10 a.m. EST Music On the Mountaintop, the annual music festival outside Boone, North Carolina has announced that the eclectic festival will return this August 24-26, 2012 as Railroad Earth’s Music on the Mountaintop. Celebrating its fifth […]
2012 Banff Mountain Film Festival Returns to Boone, North Carolina
Mark your calendar! The Banf Mountain Film Festival returns to Boone on Friday, March 30 and Saturday, March 31 and will be shown in Farthing Auditorium on the campus of Appalachian State University. The Banff Mountain Film Festival features the world’s best films on mountain adventure, culture, and the environment selected from hundreds of entries […]
2012 Blue Ridge Parkway Opening Dates And Hours Of Operation Announced
The 2012 Opening Dates and Hours of Operation have just been released and are now available on the Virtual Blue Ridge website! It’s never too early to start planning your next Parkway excursion, so be sure to double check the dates and hours of your favorite Parkway destinations! View the 2012 Blue Ridge Parkway Concession […]
Parkway Road Closure Due to Continued Slide Stabilization
The Blue Ridge Parkway will close the section between State Route 191, at French Broad Parking Overlook, Milepost 393.8, to State Route 151, Milepost 405, beginning Monday, February 13, 2012. This closure is expected to remain in place until April 15, 2012. The closure is required to complete repairs of Ferrin Knob Tunnel #1, located […]
People’s Choice Voting Opens for 9th Annual Appalachian Mountain Photography Competition
The Appalachian Mountain Photography Competition Opening Reception takes place on Friday, February 3, 2012 along with the start of voting for the AMPC People’s Choice Award. 49 finalist images will be on display from February 3 through June 2 at the Turchin Center for the Visual arts on the Campus of Appalachian State University in […]
