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 [...]
What better way to explore the highest peak in the Smokies, than with the very man it was named after? Enjoy this quick look at the day that Mari spent on Clingmans Dome with Thomas Lanier Clingman at her side. Click here or on the photo below to watch the video!
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 [...]
“I’m Rabbit’s Foot,” he says. “That’s my trail name.”
He’s an AT thru-hiker, tall, with straight, sun-bleached blond hair and a tan that highlights his light blue eyes. He’d spent the night in town and was standing alongside the road, hoping to hitch a ride back to the AT when my boss picked him up and [...]