You don’t come to Moses Cone to hike. The trails are all fat, gentle, and free of the roots and boulders that bring such pleasure across the Blue Ridge. Leaf Season weekends bring out altogether too many people and just…
Monthly Archives: October 2010
Beyond the falls at South Mountains State Park
by tom • October 11, 2010 • 3 Comments
The quick read on South Mountains State Park is “High Shoals Falls and Everything Else.” This week I went looking for everything else. Actually I did stop by the waterfall — it’s right on the main route to the interior…
Table Rock and The Chimneys, Linville Gorge Wilderness
by tom • October 3, 2010 • 8 Comments
This is a can’t-miss hike if the weather cooperates. Table Rock, the stone uplift that forms the Linville Gorge’s most prominent peak, has amazing vistas at the top. About a mile and a half south, the Mountains to Sea Trail…