Burke County Emergency Services Director Mike Willis said rescue crews were able to reach the victim by rappelling down the mountain about 90 minutes after the call for aid was made. Other climbers ...

As North Carolina's fields of daffodils begin to bloom, Burke County Rescue has a message for hikers: don't underestimate Linville Gorge's terrain. Every year, thousands of people leave the comfort of ...

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 ...

MARION, N.C. (WTVD) -- An 18-year-old hiker from the Durham area fell 40 feet off Hawksbill Mountain in Burke County. It happened Sunday evening around 7. First responders said the woman was not rock ...

Flight nurses carried fresh blood through the darkness to save the life of a hiker who fell off a remote mountain in North Carolina. Just after sunset on Saturday, Burke County Search And Rescue ...

MORGANTON, N.C. -- A 31-year-old man died while rock climbing in North Carolina, according to local authorities. Austin Howell was reportedly free climbing in a difficult portion of the Linville Gorge ...

BURKE COUNTY, N.C. — A rock climber died Sunday after falling more than 80 feet from Shortoff Mountain in North Carolina, officials said. Burke County Emergency Services Director Mike Willis said ...

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 ...