I haven’t linked to Tom in, like, forever. … It’s as if I’m biased against trails out East, where he’s relocated.

Let’s make up for that oversight right now.

This is a can’t-miss hike if the weather cooperates. Table Rock, the stone uplift that forms the Linville Gorge ’s most prominent peak, has amazing vistas at the top. About a mile and a half south, the Mountains to Sea Trail skirts the ragged ridge of The Chimneys, one of the most impressive assortments of rock formations in a gorge full of them. …

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