When I lived in New Mexico, my favorite local hike was to Sun Mountain, a quick and challenging climb up a 7,900-foot peak overlooking Santa Fe. It was — for practical purposes — an efficient way to ...

Set amid the Blue Ridge Mountains, the city of Asheville, North Carolina ... This trail, which sits about 75 miles southwest of Asheville, is popular for hiking, horseback riding and mountain ...

The group also maintains Florence Nature Preserve, a more than 5-mile network of hiking trails set on 600 acres of Little Pisgah Mountain's slopes ... Trail in NC after Helene ...