LAKE LURE, N.C. - Residents of the picturesque Rumbling Bald area, nestled along Lake ... route to Asheville during the hurricane due to flooding and landslides. “It was 6 p.m. by the time ...

Photo: Rumbling Bald And if the punch list wasn’t long enough, the property endured a 7,100-acre mountain wildfire in 2016 and a flood two years later that wiped out several bridges and roadways.

These instances often pass without much notice or damage. In 1874 ... Carolina Historical Association will lead a hike below Rumbling Bald Mountain exploring this interesting episode.

Identified as Bat Cave on the postcard displaying this image, this fissure is actually part of Rumbling Bald Cave, north of Lake Lure, a few miles down the gorge from Bat Cave. Bat Cave is the ...