May 07 2025
🏔️ Overview The Blue Ridge Mountains form one of the most recognizable sections of the Appalachian Mountains, creating a long belt of forested ridges, rounded summits, deep valleys, waterfalls, and high-elevation wilderness across the eastern United States. Named for the bluish haze that often hangs over their distant ridgelines, the Blue Ridge stretches for more …
Nov 16 2023
Grandfather Mountain Rising dramatically above the high country of northwestern North Carolina, Grandfather Mountain is one of the most distinctive peaks in the Blue Ridge Mountains and the broader Appalachian Mountains. Its rocky summits, spruce-fir forests, exposed ridges, severe weather, rare wildlife, and famous Mile High Swinging Bridge have made it one of the best-known …
Nov 10 2023
Kuwohi | Clingman’s Dome Rising above a seemingly endless succession of blue-green ridges, Kuwohi is the highest mountain in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the highest point in Tennessee, and one of the most important summits of the southern Appalachian Mountains. For generations it appeared on federal maps as Clingmans Dome, but in September 2024 …
Mar 18 2023
The weekend was coming and I was looking for a good place to do some bouldering. After asking around, Grandmother Mountain was the name that came up the most in conversations. As I searched for directions, my climbing shoes winked at me from across the room. It was bound to be a great adventure. Like …
Feb 05 2022
The mountains hold so much wonder. I feel a billowing sense of wonder whenever I stand on a giant rock which was forced up by energy deep within the Earth to soar above the crust many millennia ago. A mountain top is a place to look around and gain a deeper understanding of the fascinating …
Jun 03 2018
When one thinks of North Carolina and the mountains, one’s mind is usually drawn to the western part of the state, with the soaring peaks of Grandfather Mountain, Chimney Rock, or Mount Mitchell, the highest peak in the East. But 500 million years ago, another range of mountains formed along the coast, what is now …
Apr 22 2018
Increasingly, it seems, people are losing control of their own attention and by extension, of their own minds. Mechanized notifications are able to seamlessly capture any given individual’s attention multiple times throughout the day, resulting in so many breaks in that steady state of focused attention that people are forgetting how to judge whether something …
