Mt Mitchell at sunrise. Photo by Tanya Triber | Momento Mori Photography The Parkway gains almost 4,000 feet in the twelve miles north of the Asheville entrance. You feel it in the car. Windows down at the bottom, windows up by Craggy. If you are searching for a cabin rental near the Blue Ridge Parkway, that climb is the part you should understand. Eleven minutes from our cabin doors is the US 70 entrance at Milepost 382.5, and from there the road does the work: four overlook

Asheville has more than fifty craft breweries and a walking food tour for every occasion. Those are worth your time. But Western North Carolina also holds something that doesn't show up on most itineraries: guides who have spent years learning to read this landscape, and experiences that give you a different kind of access to it. These six are worth knowing about before your next trip. Foraging Home: Guided Wild Food Walks Near Asheville Bek Jopling has been teaching wild foo