Maps and more from Linville Gorge
Within a week after high winds almost completely blocked the Mountains-to-Sea Trail with fallen trees, the Linville Gorge hiking community organized a large team to quickly clear the clogged ridgeline at Chimney Gap. The work site was a half mile long, beginning … Continued
Wild South has been sponsoring some of the Linville Gorge Trail restoration work this winter. We’re lucky to have them in LGWA!
Volunteers started clearing overgrown brush today on the Linville Gorge Trail switchbacks below Babel Tower.
Alex Garcia of Alive Cubed did some redline hiking today in the icy Linville Falls plunge basin, and took time to clean up some of the flotsam that accumulates in the area. A^3 is a non-profit founded to help others … Continued
Volunteers hiked in the snow today to plan next weekend’s trail work and graffiti removal near Babel Tower. What a great team and a great day to be in the gorge!
Trees had fallen across a switchback on Pine Gap Trail, forcing hikers down an erosive shortcut. Volunteers cleared the debris today before continuing restoration efforts on this beautiful trail. Clearing Fallen Trees Off Pine Gap TrailTrees down like dominoes on … Continued
Scott Walters climbed an old snag on top of Hawksbill today to retrieve a piece of trash lodged in the top of the tree.
Heavy rains overwhelmed clogged culverts today and cut trails at Linville Falls. Volunteers cleared the culverts, but the damaged trails may need heavy equipment and new gravel. Clearing Clogged Culverts at Linville FallsClogged culverts were overwhelmed by heavy rains … Continued
Nobody gets it done like the MST crew. Today they worked on the “blue dot” approach trail below Shortoff. (Photos: Donnie Williams)
Volunteers carried out a seriously heavy hunk of iron abandoned in the days before wilderness designation. The piece was a flywheel from a steam powered lumber mill. The story goes that Linville Falls was protected from development when Marion Wright strategically … Continued