Great Smoky Mountains National Park Podcasts & Blog » Appalachian Trail http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog Enjoy the Smokies Courtesy of the Great Smoky Mountains Association! Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:38:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Across the Smokies: Breaking an Endurance Record http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/across-the-smokies-breaking-an-endurance-record/ http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/across-the-smokies-breaking-an-endurance-record/#comments Tue, 26 Jul 2011 18:19:45 +0000 admin http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/?p=2158 Trailrunner Record   Smoky Mountains Park Ranger David Worth broke the speed record for running the Appalachian Trail through the park. Learn about his epic run in this new video with guest video blogger Walter Wuthmann.
]]> http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/across-the-smokies-breaking-an-endurance-record/feed/ 7 A Year in the Smokies: 2010 http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/a-year-in-the-smokies-2010/ http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/a-year-in-the-smokies-2010/#comments Tue, 28 Dec 2010 16:28:33 +0000 admin http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/?p=1887 Cataloochee   Experience another year’s worth of Smokies moments in this short film. Click here or on the photo to see it all.

Closed captioning is available for this video by clicking the caption button in the lower right-hand corner of the video controls. ]]> http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/a-year-in-the-smokies-2010/feed/ 10 Hike to Charlies Bunion http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/hike-to-charlies-bunion/ http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/hike-to-charlies-bunion/#comments Wed, 26 May 2010 14:12:50 +0000 admin http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/?p=1709 View from Charlies Bunion   What a view! The 8-mile roundtrip hike to Charlies Bunion will reward you with a broad view of the Great Smoky Mountains that you won’t forget. And when you are done, you can say you’ve hiked on the Appalachian Trail! Click here to see what it’s like.

Closed captioning is available for this video by clicking the caption button in the lower right-hand corner of the video controls. ]]> http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/hike-to-charlies-bunion/feed/ 14 Walking with Wildflowers on the AT http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/walking-with-wildflowers-on-the-at/ http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/walking-with-wildflowers-on-the-at/#comments Tue, 18 May 2010 19:00:18 +0000 admin http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/?p=1696 Wake Robin Trillium   A short walk on the Appalachian Trail offers displays of earlier spring flowers and specimens that grow only at the highest elevations. Click here to see what’s blooming on top of the Great Smoky Mountains.

Closed captioning is available for this video by clicking the caption button in the lower right-hand corner of the video controls. ]]> http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/walking-with-wildflowers-on-the-at/feed/ 0 Waiting for Wannetta… http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/waiting-for-wannetta/ http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/waiting-for-wannetta/#comments Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:20:03 +0000 admin http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/?p=1485 Dec 3 Poinsettias   December 3 is a special day at Great Smoky Mountains National Park. It’s the day that Wannetta Johnson brings a poinsettia to Park Headquarters. Click here or on the photo to find out why she has made this special trip every year for the past 35 years.

Closed captioning is available for this video by clicking the caption button in the lower right-hand corner of the video controls. ]]> http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/waiting-for-wannetta/feed/ 1 GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK Visiting a Backcountry Shelter http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/visiting-a-backcountry-shelter/ http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/visiting-a-backcountry-shelter/#comments Tue, 02 Jun 2009 18:23:11 +0000 admin http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/?p=265 Icewater Spring Shelter   Check out the Icewater Spring Shelter on the Appalachian Trail. Click here or on the photo to learn what to expect when visiting a backcountry shelter. ]]> http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/visiting-a-backcountry-shelter/feed/ 0 GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK Newfound Gap: Straddling the States http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/newfound-gap-straddling-the-states/ http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/newfound-gap-straddling-the-states/#comments Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:44:02 +0000 admin http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/?p=44 There are so many things to do at Newfound Gap: check out the stunning views, visit the Rockefeller Memorial and stand where President Roosevelt stood, and straddle the Tennessee/North Carolina state line. Sound like fun? It was!

Click here or on the photo below to check out all there is to do at Newfound Gap!
Newfound Gap

]]> http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/newfound-gap-straddling-the-states/feed/ 0 GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK A Tribute: 3 Very Cool Appalachian Trail Hikers http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/a-tribute-3-very-cool-appalachian-trail-hikers/ http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/a-tribute-3-very-cool-appalachian-trail-hikers/#comments Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:17:33 +0000 admin http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/?p=31 Something you always wonder when you’re talking to AT hikers is:
are you really going to make it? 2,100 miles is a loooong way…

But thanks to Trailjournals.com, I was able to check up on the progress of some of the guys I met in April, and I was pleasantly surprised at the results. Here’s a tribute to Mountain Sailor, Apostle, and 26.2!
AT hikers

]]> http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/a-tribute-3-very-cool-appalachian-trail-hikers/feed/ 0 GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK Stampede on the Appalachian Trail http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/interviews-with-10-appalachian-trail-hikers/ http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/interviews-with-10-appalachian-trail-hikers/#comments Thu, 15 May 2008 17:05:00 +0000 admin http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/videoblog/?p=4 Okay, so it wasn’t really a stampede. But the Appalachian Trail in the Smokies gets quite crowded during the last two weeks in April when the thru-hikers arrive.

Despite the fact that they still had about 1,900 more miles to go, a bunch of hikers were nice enough to pause and talk to me (while still wearing their very heavy packs).

Click the photo below to see the short film starring 10 AT hikers.
Appalachian Trail Hikers

]]> http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/interviews-with-10-appalachian-trail-hikers/feed/ 0 GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK Appalachian Trail Hikers: GSMA’s First Film! http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/appalachian-trail-hikers-gsmas-first-film/ http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/appalachian-trail-hikers-gsmas-first-film/#comments Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:01:40 +0000 admin http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/?p=359 April is thru-hiker season in the Smokies! Courtney Lix interviewed ten hikers and produced this exciting short film.

Click the photo below to see the short film starring 10 AT hikers.
Appalachian Trail Hikers

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