9 Family-Friendly Trips to Take to the NC Mountains This Spring, Summer, and Fall

After Hurricane Helene’s considerable damage, North Carolina’s mountain communities have reemerged from the mud.

Blooming pink mountain laurel flowers along the Blue Ridge Parkway near Asheville, North Carolina. Dreamstime/TNS

By Martha Quillin The Charlotte Observer

CHARLOTTE, N.C.—Helene was a mighty storm, but the North Carolina mountain communities that have reemerged from the mud are proving they’re stronger.