March 10, 2010 – 10:44 am
Visit the Cosby area and discover this beautiful cascade that’s nearly 100 feet tall! Click here and find out how this waterfall and nearby creek may have come about their rather unflattering names…
Or watch the video on YouTube or iTunes!
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Posted in Fall Leaf Color, Hiking Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Video
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Also tagged Bear, Cosby, Fall, Fall Leaf Color, Fall Leaves, Funny, Gabes Mountain Trail, Great Smoky Mountains, Great Smoky Mountains Association, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Hen Wallow Falls, Hike, Hiking Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Roostertown, Smokey Mountains, Smokies, Waterfall
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February 12, 2010 – 11:31 pm
Come along with Elizabeth and Jill on a winter wonderland hike to Alum Cave Bluffs! Click here to see the video! It’s beautiful!
Or watch the video on YouTube!
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Posted in Hiking Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Scenic Views, Video, Weather, Winter
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Also tagged Alum Cave Bluff, Great Smoky Mountains, Great Smoky Mountains Association, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Hike, Hiking Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Icicle, Smokey Mountains, Smokies, Winter
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January 29, 2010 – 3:48 pm
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!
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Posted in Hiking Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Scenic Views, Video, Weather, Winter
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Also tagged Great Smoky Mountains, Great Smoky Mountains Association, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Hike, Hiking Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Little River, Little River Road, Smokey Mountains, Smokies, Snow, Spruce Flats Falls, Waterfall
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January 22, 2010 – 7:27 pm
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 [...]
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Posted in Fascinating People, Video, Weather, Winter
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Also tagged Clingmans Dome, Great Smoky Mountains, Great Smoky Mountains Association, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Hiking Great Smoky Mountains National Park, National Park, National Ski Patrol, Nordic Ski Patrol, Ski, Skiing, Smokey Mountains, Smokies, Snow
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November 23, 2009 – 9:20 am
A hike to Abrams Falls is the perfect centerpiece to a day spent in Cades Cove. Click here or on the photo to see why it has become one of the most popular trails in the park.
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Posted in Fear, Loathing & Hiking, Hikes for Extremely Lazy People, Hiking Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Scenic Views, Video
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Also tagged Abrams Creek, Abrams Falls, Cades Cove, Fall, Great Smoky Mountains, Great Smoky Mountains Association, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Hike, Hiking Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Smokey Mountains, Smokies, Waterfall
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September 29, 2009 – 1:27 pm
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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Also tagged 75th Anniversary, Adventure, Bryson City, Bryson Place, Deep Creek, Great Smoky Mountains, Great Smoky Mountains Association, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Hike, Horace Kephart, Novel, Smokey Mountains, Smokies, Smoky Mountain Magic
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Wednesday morning brought 33 degree temperatures to Mt. Le Conte–a record for July. Click here or on the photo to see some hikers who made it back down from a chilly night on Mt. Le Conte and some who were taking advantage of the excellent daytime weather.
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Posted in Hiking Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Mountain Voices: Interviews With Locals and Visitors, Video, Weather
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Also tagged Alum Cave, Alum Cave Bluff, Great, Great Smoky Mountains, Great Smoky Mountains Association, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Hike, Hiking Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Le Conte, Le Conte Lodge, Record, Smokey Mountains, Smokies, Temperature
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Enjoy these great photos taken by Ann Froschauer during a hike to LeConte Lodge via Alum Cave Trail.
I’m just saying … there’s a good reason they call it the “smokies.”
This critter is a glassy grapeskin snail (Vitrinizontides latissimus), a snail whose shell is made of protein instead of the usual calcium (or so an expert [...]