In its August issue, Outside magazine counts Asheville among the nation’s best cities for outdoor pursuits, joining such vaunted locales as Iowa City, Iowa, and Burlington, Vt.
Outside describes a city “cradled in a lush green bowl and surrounded on all sides by the Appalachian Mountains … an island of liberal alternative culture.” (And heck, that’s just Pritchard Park!)
According to the magazine’s editors, our fair city “serves up more than 2,000 miles of hiking and mountain-biking trails and some of the nation’s finest whitewater creeking.” Just remember to wipe your feet before going inside.
— Kent Priestley, staff writer
