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Dozens of people assisted in a rescue this weekend on a trail that leads to a popular spot in the Linville Gorge. The Burke County Rescue Squad says a hiker developed a medical condition along the ...

I set off mid-afternoon into the Linville Gorge Wilderness near Morganton, North Carolina. Right from the trailhead I found dense groves of mountain laurel with bouquets of delicate pink flowers, as ...

NPR's Brian Mann explored one of the easy trails in the Linville Gorge Wilderness in North Carolina. A hike in North Carolina's Linville Gorge Wilderness offers sweeping views, solitude I set off ...

Linville Gorge is sometimes called the Grand Canyon of the East. It sprawls over 12,000 rugged acres on U.S. Forest Service land in western North Carolina, but some trails are accessible enough for a ...