Every year, 45,000 people travel to the Appalachian Trail's most photographed spot to take in 270 degree views of the Catawba Valley from an exposed cliff. McAfee Knob is a once-in-a-lifetime ...

On Sunday, November 20, a group of twenty-seven Central Academy students and families climbed the yellow-blazed Andy Layne Trail to Scorched Earth Gap, then followed the Appalachian Trail to ...

It was 22 degrees as Jim Rhodes, Kris Willis and I set out for Hardees for an unhealthy start to a long day of hiking. We don't claim to be professionals; we just enjoy it now and then and the ...

ROANOKE COUNTY, Va. – More and more hikers are visiting Virginia’s Triple Crown each year. The Triple Crown is the segment of the Appalachian Trail that includes Dragon’s Tooth, McAfee Knob, and ...

DALEVILLE, Va. -- It's a tough uphill hike to Tinker Cliffs. The distinctive cliffs of light-colored sandstone stretch nearly half a mile atop Tinker Mountain at an elevation of 3,000 feet along the ...