Grandfather Trail requires hikers to scale multiple vertical rock formations, which necessitates the use of cables and ladders that are bolted into the mountain. It's for this reason that the ...

On the Grandfather Trail, we have a series of ladders and cables that scale cliffs ... and really getting that first touch of Grandfather Mountain trails.” While hiking the Bridge Trail ...

[uplifting music continues] Packed with views and rich in biodiversity, Grandfather Mountain State Park's Daniel Boone Scout Trail has a little ... a set of fixed ladders assist hikers on the ...

The plan had been simple enough: Drive to North Carolina’s Grandfather Mountain Trail and make fast tracks ... A couple of the dozen-plus ladder climbs along the route are fairly exposed.

In 1977, the mountain’s overgrown trails had been closed after ... 2. Chutes and ladders “Many drive to see Grandfather’s swinging bridge, but relatively few reach the park’s higher ...

The trails lacing this beautiful peak adjoining the famous Grandfather Mountain comprise some of ... you’ll have to scale several wooden ladders bolted to large rocks, the tallest of which ...

The old ladders weren't unsafe but were near the end of their useful life, said Landis Wofford, a spokeswoman for the Grandfather Mountain Stewardship Foundation, which is responsible for trail ...

broad flanks and deep woods of Grandfather Mountain without stepping through his mountain-sized memory lane. He kicks at stones he remembers setting into the Cragway Trail decades ago, pokes with ...