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JULY/AUGUST

FEATURED FULL ARTICLES Why We Hike Winning Dishes WEB SPECIAL: Best of the Blue Ridge: Our Readers' Votes FEATURES Table of Contents Of Old Men and Dead Pines Mending Fences The Future of Appalachia 10 Great Hikes and Hiking Areas Toughest Hikes: Our Readers Respond Urban Living In Charleston, WV PHOTOGRAPHY Hugh Morton: A Retrospect DEPARTMENTS Letters to the Editor From The Editor From The Farm The Hike Mountain Garden Mountain Report Creature Feature On The Mountainside Country Roads Almanac Inns and Getaways Homes for Ashes Where & When

Our Cover: A bear looks southeast from the top of Hartley View Rock, photographed by the late Hugh Morton on Grandfather Mountain in Linville, N.C.