I set off mid-afternoon into the Linville Gorge Wilderness near Morganton, North Carolina. Right from the trailhead I found dense groves of mountain laurel with bouquets of delicate pink flowers, as ...

In its first major construction work in years, the Linville Gorge Wilderness trail system is getting some much-needed TLC after years of being smothered with love – and erosion – by the increasing ...

BURK COUNTY, N.C. — Linville Gorge Wilderness Area trails have reopened, but officials in Burke County warn that visitors should be extra cautious because the landscape has drastically changed after ...

NPR's Brian Mann explored one of the easy trails in the Linville Gorge Wilderness in North Carolina. A hike in North Carolina's Linville Gorge Wilderness offers sweeping views, solitude I set off ...