Memorial Day weekend is often considered the unofficial start of summer; There are plenty of ways to enjoy the warm weather in Western North Carolina, including the area's many waterfalls.

With temperatures slowly rising to the balmy Western North Carolina summer standard ... Hikers pause to photograph the lower portion of Catawba Falls, beneath the newly finished staircase leading ...

Silvervale Falls is an 80-foot-tall Western North Carolina waterfall that twists and dives down a ledge-laden rock face. Again, it requires no hiking at all, so Silvervale Falls definitely ...

Western North Carolina's river recreation industries have restarted after Tropical Storm Helene, but many report business as ...

Triple Falls Trail at DuPont State Recreational Forest has reopened. However, the Helene-damaged Grassy Creek bridge or Triple Falls steps are not open.