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Crews were not able to bring the hiker to a hospital Thursday night due to weather conditions, and the team sheltered in ...
He remembers hiking all the way up to Mount Le Conte and camping at Alum Cave Bluffs, but “it didn’t make any particular impression.” In the years that followed, picnic areas, not trailheads, were the ...
Synchronous fireflies are returning to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park for their annual light show, and now we know when. The National Park Service announced the peak dates for viewing the ...
The Bullhead Trail is one of several routes that lead to Mount LeConte, offering a challenging 13.6-mile roundtrip hike to the summit. Through this rehabilitation, the park will enhance overall trail ...
Upside down or right-side up, the panorama featured ... on the John LeConte, I watched the weather change across the lake. Sun continued to shine over the north shore and Mount Rose, but to ...
Discover Mount Pilatus, a breathtaking icon above Lucerne, Switzerland. Ascend aboard the world’s steepest cogwheel railway, an engineering marvel built in 1889 by Eduard Locher, climbing a 48% ...
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Beginning in May, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park will be closing Bullhead Trail up to Mount LeConte as a multi-year rehabilitation project begins. On Friday ...
Hikers in Great Smoky Mountains National Park will have one less trail to reach Mount LeConte most weekdays. Bullhead Trail in the park will close Monday through Thursday each week, excluding ...