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The official fan page for Asheville, North Carolina. Make your plans to visit at www.ExploreAsheville.com www.ExploreAsheville.com

Welcome to Asheville, North Carolina, a destination with a style and rhythm all its own! Be sure to 'like' us to keep updated about this thriving mountain city and all that it has to offer.

11/09/2026

Crabtree Falls Trail on the Blue Ridge Parkway has reopened after extensive repairs by the National Park Service. The open section leads to a 60-foot waterfall trail + a picnic area that’s ready for a lunch surrounded by nature.

Getting there: Parking is at milepost 339.5. Travel south on the Parkway from the Museum of North Carolina Minerals in Spruce Pine, or head north from where the Parkway crosses N.C. 80.

Have you hiked Crabtree Falls before? Tell us your favorite memory from the trail. 👇

*Photo taken in 2023.

11/06/2026

Couldn’t agree more Josh 🍂🍁

All footage taken in the mountains near Asheville, NC this past week by WNC Photo Tours — check this week’s color report for exact locations!

11/05/2026

🍂 Asheville Fall Color Report | Week of Nov. 2

Here’s what our Fall Color Hunters found this week:

📍 Lookout Trail, Montreat: A forest straight out of a fairy tale

📍 The North Carolina Arboretum: The whole season in miniature at the Bonsai Exhibition Garden

📍 Looking Glass Rock: Color spreading through Pisgah around the granite dome, seen from above

📍 Whitewater Falls: One of the tallest waterfalls east of the Mississippi, framed in late-season color

📍 Rosemount Road: A perfect S curve wrapped in color just below Balsam Gap 🍁

Looking ahead: Color is running behind this year, so Chimney Rock, DuPont State Recreational Forest + Gorges State Park still have time to shine.

Read the full report for elk posing in fall color, Parkway tunnels near Cherokee, J’s tips for framing the season + more at the link in our comments🔗 . .
🍁 Fall Color Hunter: 📸: WNC Photo Tours

11/04/2026

👀 DYK that bonsai trees aren’t a tiny species, they’re just real trees kept small? That means they turn the same reds and golds as their big cousins on the ridge.

Curator Arthur Joura has shaped the North Carolina Arboretum’s bonsai collection since 1992, taking his cues from the wild trees of the Blue Ridge themselves. There are more than a hundred of them, with a Southern Appalachian accent all their own.

The outdoor collection comes down for the winter at the end of November, so catch fall color in miniature while you can! Open daily, 9 to 5, at the Bonsai Exhibition Garden.

11/03/2026

Will always find the motivation to chase views like this. 🍁⛰️

What’s the best view you’ve ever had to climb for in WNC?

11/02/2026

50 members of the Biltmore Engineering Team carried a 35-foot Fraser fir from Andrews Tree Farm through the front doors and into the Banquet Hall. 🎄

It’s the final piece of the season, joining 100+ trees and about 100,000 lights already glowing throughout the home.

Christmas at Biltmore opens November 3. Tap the link in our comments for our 2026 guide to dates, tours and Candlelight Christmas Evenings, and save this for your holiday trip 🔗

11/01/2026

The November events calendar fills up fast. Here are a few to circle now, then get the full holiday roundup here: https://bit.ly/48pI5Lv

🎄 Christmas at Biltmore: Nov 6 to Jan 10, Biltmore
More than 100 hand-decorated trees and a 35-foot Fraser fir in the Banquet Hall, plus Candlelight Christmas Evenings by reservation.

✨ Winter Lights: Nov 13 to Jan 3, The North Carolina Arboretum
More than a million lights along a one-mile garden walk, with live music, cocoa, and s’mores.

🎨 RADFest: Nov 14 to 15, River Arts District Artists, Asheville
Two free days of local makers, live music, a molten metal pour, and live block printing.

🏠 National Gingerbread House Competition: Nov 17 to Jan 3, The Omni Grove Park Inn & Spa
Hundreds of edible works of art, back for its 34th year.

⛸️ Holiday Ice Rink: Nov 20 to Jan 18, Asheville Yards
Outdoor skating downtown, plus free entry to a holiday market, art installations, and seasonal treats.

🎷 Grove Arcade Holiday Tree Lighting Block Party: Nov 28, Grove Arcade
A free evening of live jazz, Asheville Ballet performances, and an outdoor holiday market.

10/31/2026

If you hear a howl on the trail, pretend you didn't 👀

Happy HOWL-a-ween! 🌕🐺
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📸: .coppersmith |

10/30/2026

Came for the leaf peeping, stayed for the people watching.

Fall showed up fashionably late this year, so the color’s still rolling down the mountains. Consider this your sign to come soak up a little more of it. 🍂

10/29/2026

Asheville Fall Color Report | Week of Oct. 26

Fall has followed the ridgelines all the way home! Here’s what our Fall Color Hunters found this week:

📍 Downtown Asheville: Pops of red + yellow

📍 Biltmore: Orange, yellow + red reflecting off the Bass Pond, plus garden mums are at peak

📍 Montreat: Nearing peak around the lake + along the trails

📍 Lake Junaluska: Brilliant color framing the water

📍 Looking Glass Rock: A tough climb that pays off with orange, yellow + red views over the valleys

🌼 Pro tip: This weekend is prime time to visit Biltmore! Tour Biltmore House, stroll the gardens + toast the season with a complimentary w**e tasting at the Winery (included with daytime admission). Buy tickets online to save $10 each.

🍁 Looking ahead: Stay close to home this weekend while Downtown Asheville, Montreat + Biltmore are near their best, then look to Chimney Rock + Gorges State Park to carry color into November. Read the full report for elk in Cataloochee Valley, a creek spot called The Cathedral, a full moonrise on the Parkway + more at the link in our comments🔗 . .
🍁 Fall Color Hunters & Photo Credit:
📸 4, 6, 9, 13, 14, 20: Andre Daugherty
📸 2, 5, 7, 11, 15, 16, 18, 19: WNC Photo Tours
📸 3, 8, 12: Biltmore

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