http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog Enjoy the Smokies Courtesy of the Great Smoky Mountains Association! Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:26:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/newfound-gap-snow/ http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/newfound-gap-snow/#comments Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:22:33 +0000 admin http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/?p=1597   Newfound Gap was a busy place on Saturday with everyone taking the opportunity to see the snow that had piled up during the week. Click here to see what it looked like as the clouds rolled in and it started to snow again. Brrrrr!

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Closed captioning is available for this video by clicking the (cc) caption button in the lower right-hand corner of the video. ]]> http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/alum-cave-bluffs-trail-in-winter/feed/ 6 http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/freezing-fog-in-the-smoky-mountains/ http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/freezing-fog-in-the-smoky-mountains/#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:47:53 +0000 admin http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/?p=1541   A fresh dusting of snow and freezing fog coated the Smokies in frosty splendor last week. Click here to see the short video.

]]> http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/freezing-fog-in-the-smoky-mountains/feed/ 2 http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/winter-abstract-icicles-and-snow/ http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/winter-abstract-icicles-and-snow/#comments Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:48:17 +0000 admin http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/?p=1538   Freezing temperatures leave behind a strange wonderland of ice and snow in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Click here to see the frozen beauty of the Smokies!

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/winter-abstract-icicles-and-snow/feed/ 1 http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/nordic-ski-patrol-at-clingmans-dome/ http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/nordic-ski-patrol-at-clingmans-dome/#comments Sat, 23 Jan 2010 00:27:03 +0000 admin http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/?p=1530   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 to meet them!

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/nordic-ski-patrol-at-clingmans-dome/feed/ 2 http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/icy-cataract-falls/ http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/icy-cataract-falls/#comments Sat, 16 Jan 2010 05:05:37 +0000 admin http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/?p=1520   The year has certainly started off with a chill! Click here or on the photo to check out how Cataract Falls looked after two weeks of freezing temperatures! ]]> http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/icy-cataract-falls/feed/ 0 http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/a-year-in-the-smokies-2009/ http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/a-year-in-the-smokies-2009/#comments Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:50:17 +0000 admin http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/?p=1505   Experience a year’s worth of Smokies moments in this short film. Take a look back to the many places 2009 has taken our video blog. 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-2009/feed/ 4 http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/more-snow-at-park-headquarters/ http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/more-snow-at-park-headquarters/#comments Sat, 19 Dec 2009 03:07:25 +0000 admin http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/?p=1480   Wow! The snow really started to pile up after 2:00 Friday afternoon! Watch the progression of snowfall in just over 2 hours at park headquarters at Sugarlands. Click here or on the photo to see the snow! ]]> http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/more-snow-at-park-headquarters/feed/ 1 http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/first-snowfall-in-cades-cove/ http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/first-snowfall-in-cades-cove/#comments Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:58:31 +0000 admin http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/?p=1465   The Smokies awoke to a layer of snow last Saturday! Although we had seen our mountaintops get a nice dusting already, this was the first snow of the season for most parts of the park. Click here or on the photo to experience the beauty of first snowfall in Cades Cove.

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