Sept.
11
Kidfest
Guided hikes, games, storytellers,
music and fun. Included with park admission.
Sept. 18
Girl
Scout Day
All Girl Scouts and troop leaders are admitted
free with proof of membership. Discount admission for other family members.
Sept. 19
Bridge
to Bridge Incredible Challenge
This
102-mile bike ride departs the Lenoir Mall and
makes its way uphill to the Mile High Swinging
Bridge. Registration required. Riders get sponsorships
with proceeds benefiting the Grandfather Mountain
Stewardship Foundation.
Oct. 5-25
Peak Beauty of Fall Foliage
Oct. 9-10, Oct. 16-17
The Colors of Grandfather
A
guided hike to discuss why trees change color
in the fall. Free with park admission.
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Luke
Appling, former Grandfather trails manager
and head of the Grandfather green team,
has resigned his position with the Grandfather
Mountain Stewardship Foundation to become
a ranger at Grandfather Mountain State
Park. Assistant Trails Manager Amber Mowery
takes Appling's place at the head of the
attraction's four-person trails staff.
Hundreds
of gems and minerals left over from the
development of the Nature Museum exhibits
were recently discovered in a storage
locker. Grandfather's naturalists have
enlisted the help of two ASU geologists
to catalog the specimens and prepare a
traveling exhibit that can be shared with
youngsters in area schools.
Visit
Grandfather in September and bear witness
to one of the most colorful and miraculous
transformations in nature. Grandfather's
naturalists have filled terrariums with
Lepidoptera eggs and larvae so guests
can watch as they morph from black-white-and-yellow-striped
caterpillars through gold-trimmed jade-colored
chrysalises to emerge as spectacular orange-winged
Monarch butterflies.
