Chimney Rock will soon be home to a new rock-climbing area featuring some of the toughest climbs in North Carolina.
It’s welcome news for one of the communities that was hardest hit by Hurricane Helene.
Two nonprofits — Access Fund and the Carolina Climbers Coalition — recently purchased more than 16 acres of land near Chimney Rock State Park featuring towering cliffs that offer a dramatic view of Hickory Nut Gorge. The area is called Lower Ghost Town, after an old amusement park that used to sit in the meadow below the cliffs…