(Asheville, NC) The Blue Ridge Parkway in cooperation with the US Forest Office will implement a limited closure of the Mt. Pisgah trail located at Mile Post 407.6. The television broadcasting tower located at the top of Mt. Pisgah is scheduled to undergo upgrading of select antennas, which will require closure of the top of […]
Boone Fork Trail Closure
(Blowing Rock, NC) The portion of the Boone Fork Trail from the western access in the Julian Price Memorial Park Campground to the agricultural lease (about 1,800 feet) will be closed on October 4, 2010 for approximately one week to allow for construction of wastewater system improvements. The public is advised to avoid this area […]
Blue Ridge Parkway Color Report for October 1, 2010
October has arrived and we know it by those very cool nights and a few of those crisp days that define this month along the Blue Ridge. Of course we also know it’s October because the color that we’re famous for is beginning to show especially in the higher elevations. Fall is still a month […]
Report on Blue Ridge Mountain Fishing – September 2010
Fall weather brings some great fishing to the NC High Country as Brook and Brown trout become more aggressive for annual spawns.
Blue Ridge Parkway Wildflower Report for September 17, 2010
Here in mid September the fall color is perhaps a month away from peak but some of the fall foliage will begin to show over the next week or two especially at higher elevations. September may not seem like a time for wildflowers but the meadow blooms are, to many visitors, among the best of […]
