Great Smoky Mountains National Park Podcasts & Blog » LeConte Lodge 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 Mt. Le Conte Llama Train http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/mt-le-conte-llama-train/ http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/mt-le-conte-llama-train/#comments Fri, 23 Jul 2010 12:26:32 +0000 admin http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/?p=1772 Le Conte Llamas at Grotto Falls   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!

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/mt-le-conte-llama-train/feed/ 13 GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK LeConte Lodge Hike & Overnight http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/leconte-lodge-hike-overnight/ http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/leconte-lodge-hike-overnight/#comments Mon, 03 Aug 2009 17:59:15 +0000 admin http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/?p=852 Discover Life in America (DLIA) facilitates and coordinates the All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory (ATBI) for Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

This is one of the world’s biggest and most ambitious science projects.

DLIA is hosting the 1st ever “Discover Biodiversity at LeConte Lodge” with a guided hike and overnight stay.

It includes a guided hike up Alum Cave Bluff Trail with Andrea Price, an experienced guide who will give natural history, local human history, plant life information, and much more.

There will be an evening sunset program at clifftop, lunch on the trail, with dinner and breakfast provided by the Lodge.

It’s August 15-16, 2009. $295 per person.

Reservations are required. Email Heather at heather@dlia.org or call (865) 430-4765.

The 13th Annual All Taxa Bioinventory Conference will be December 10-12 in Gatlinburg.

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