Hike up Mt. Le Conte with our special guest video blogger Walter Wuthmann and the famous llamas that keep Le Conte Lodge stocked with supplies. You won’t believe what the llamas have for lunch up at the top! Click here to find out!
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Go on a birding adventure and find out where some of those bird songs and calls are really coming from. Filmed during last year’s Spring Wildflower Pilgrimage. Click here to watch!
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Meet some of the members of the park’s Nordic Ski Patrol, a volunteer group that serves as a contact point for visitors using Clingmans Dome Road during winter. Among their many responsibilities are reporting weather conditions, providing cold weather emergency medical services, and assisting with search and rescue. Click here or on the photo [...]
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.
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Eighty years after its completion, Horace Kephart’s previously unpublished novel, Smoky Mountain Magic, has been released by Great Smoky Mountains Association. Click here or on the photo to hear the journey of the novel with Libby Kephart Hargrave, the author’s great-granddaughter.
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Employees and alumni of Great Smoky Mountains National Park and its partners express the deep connections that inspire their daily efforts to protect, preserve and support our park. Visitors offer special sentiments of what the park means to them. This video is presented in two parts: Part 1 and Part 2.
Here’s a wonderful video about local weaver Hope Reagan. It shows her weaving limited edition placemats and tablerunners to celebrate the park’s 75th anniversary. Click on the photo to see the short film.
Here’s a fascinating look at David Ogle making brooms. He does it the way his grandfather showed him. It’s his way of celebrating the park’s 75th anniversary. You’ll love this peek inside his studio. Click on the picture below to watch the short film.