The gallery below is an excerpt from our September/October 2016 issue. For the rest of this story and more like it subscribe today, log in to read our digital edition or download our FREE iOS app. Thank you!
A new book from the founder of Grandfather Mountain’s modern trail management program nearly four decades ago gloriously celebrates all things Grandfather. Following are a few sample photos from Randy Johnson’s coffee-table-beautiful and definitive-study-comprehensive “Grandfather Mountain: The History and Guide to an Appalachian Icon,” published this year by UNC Press.
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![BooneFork.TommyWhite2.jpg BooneFork.TommyWhite2.jpg](https://blueridgecountry.com/downloads/5397/download/BooneFork.TommyWhite2.jpg?cb=08522e5e8d3a3712bb56f334a396ff06&w={width}&h={height})
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![BooneFork.TommyWhite.jpg BooneFork.TommyWhite.jpg](https://blueridgecountry.com/downloads/5398/download/BooneFork.TommyWhite.jpg?cb=59ac1c3f2e6592483af1d8e01e2eec5e&w={width}&h={height})
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![CloudDeck.TommyWhite.jpg CloudDeck.TommyWhite.jpg](https://blueridgecountry.com/downloads/5399/download/CloudDeck.TommyWhite.jpg?cb=ecfdc60e148477f2dfc7f2ae1b45ec2d&w={width}&h={height})
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![CometGM.ToddBush.jpg CometGM.ToddBush.jpg](https://blueridgecountry.com/downloads/5400/download/CometGM.ToddBush.jpg?cb=160aee966340403b36caad0a5964b852&w={width}&h={height})
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![FlatrockTrail.SkipSickler.jpg FlatrockTrail.SkipSickler.jpg](https://blueridgecountry.com/downloads/5401/download/FlatrockTrail.SkipSickler.jpg?cb=f62b44eb9565c3cc989c12e02bda618f&w={width}&h={height})
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![GMAutumnSnow.RJohnson.jpg GMAutumnSnow.RJohnson.jpg](https://blueridgecountry.com/downloads/5402/download/GMAutumnSnow.RJohnson.jpg?cb=4db9dfa3b4e13cb012f503c30ff85273&w={width}&h={height})
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![LinvillePk.HelenMoss-Davis.jpg LinvillePk.HelenMoss-Davis.jpg](https://blueridgecountry.com/downloads/5403/download/LinvillePk.HelenMoss-Davis.jpg?cb=1f9554e9d8619cb51196511076b6482f&w={width}&h={height})
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![PriceParkView.Sickler.jpg PriceParkView.Sickler.jpg](https://blueridgecountry.com/downloads/5404/download/PriceParkView.Sickler.jpg?cb=46fe1c1b572c1150937c5b9623e68ad4&w={width}&h={height})
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![RoughRidgeTommyWhite.jpg RoughRidgeTommyWhite.jpg](https://blueridgecountry.com/downloads/5405/download/RoughRidgeTommyWhite.jpg?cb=37fe7961438e455523e984c52804814c&w={width}&h={height})
... The gallery above is an excerpt from our September/October 2016 issue. For the rest of this story and more like it subscribe today, log in to read our digital edition or download our FREE iOS app. Thank you!