fall foliage

Appalachian State University biologist Howard Neufeld, says peak times for the Boone area are on schedule for mid-October. Closer to the Triad, Pilot Mountain should be at its most showy the first week of November.

The peak of fall foliage is right on time in the High Country, but climate change could make it harder to predict when it will happen each year.…

Fall foliage has arrived in the High Country. The autumnal change arrived on time and the colors are popping with golds and reds, says Howard Neufeld, a biologist at Appalachian State University, who is also known as the "Fall Color Guy."

Fall foliage was on full display over the weekend drawing thousands of eager leaf watchers to the High Country. While peak colors at the uppermost…

Mid-October usually means the peak fall color season in the North Carolina mountains. But so far, the trees along the Blue Ridge Parkway are still mostly…