The trip to Shining Rock, in Haywood County, was part of a new adventure for the couple, as they took part in the Dirty Dozen Wilderness Hike Challenge, presented by The Wilderness Society's ...

The Shining Rock Designated Wilderness Area and a section of the Blue Ridge Parkway remained closed on Friday as wildfires continued to burn in Western North Carolina. The Rattlesnake Branch Fire ...

Apr. 20—After nearly three weeks, the Shining Rock Wilderness Area is again open guests. The 18,000-acre section of the Pisgah National Forest had been closed since the Rattlesnake Branch Fire ...

The Shining Rock Wilderness Area has officially reopened to the public after rain this week helped contain the Rattlesnake Branch Fire in Haywood County, the U.S. Forest Service confirmed Friday.

UPPER STATE FIN "Following the heavy rainfalls that helped contain and control the Rattlesnake Branch Fire, the Shining Rock Wilderness Area is now reopened to the public," the U.S. Forest Service ...

ASHEVILLE - The Shining Rock Wilderness Area is now open to the public after heavy rains helped firefighters contain a nearly 2,000-acre wildfire that broke out near Cruso on March 26. According ...

Seger, 27, of Asheville, had not been in contact with anyone since Oct. 12. His body was found in an off-trail area near the Art Loeb Trail in the Shining Rock Wilderness Area of Pisgah National ...

The male hikers, whose ages and names have not been released, started hiking at midday Thursday at the Big East Fork trailhead in the Shining Rock Wilderness area, Dona Stewart with Haywood County ...

The group left at about noon April 1 and got off-track in the Shining Rock Wilderness Area, which spans more than 18,000 acres in the mountains of Western North Carolina. The region, roughly 35 ...

It’s still not easy to get to Cold Mountain. Much as it was for fictional hero Inman in the Civil War days in the novel “Cold Mountain,” reaching the iconic mountain still requires a strong ...

The Shining Rock Wilderness Area is closed on Friday, March 28. The Blue Ridge Parkway is closed from mile marker 411.9-423 due to potential wildfire hazards, Helene damage. The Shining Rock ...