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  1. Trailside Talk: Alum Cave Trail—Heart of the Smokies

    Trailside Talk: Alum Cave Trail—Heart of the Smokies On any given day, and particularly on weekends, the trailhead parking area for Alum Cave Trail is among the most crowded in the Smokies. Cars spill out of the parking area and line up on the sides of US 441, the main road bisecting the park from north to south. It seems that some people like the trail so much that they are willing to walk Read more...

  2. Trailside Talk: Boughs of Balsam

    Trailside Talk: Boughs of Balsam Visitors to hotels sometimes grumble about the quality of the beds in their rooms. Mattresses are too hard, or maybe too soft. Pillows are too bouncy, or too flat. Fitted sheets won’t stay put. Perhaps surprisingly, some aspects of snoozing became an official topic of discussion in the Smokies even before the park was officially Read more...

  3. Trailside Talk: Counting on Le Conte

    Trailside Talk: Counting on Le Conte By Mike Hembree If you have hiked to the top of Mount Le Conte, you have "peaked" Tom Layton’s interest. A former journalist and master of the pun, Layton is the overseer, editor, and only employee of a website devoted to one of the Smokies’ legend-filled mountains and to the people who hike its trails repeatedly. Layton, 66, Read more...

  4. Mountain Time: The Jewel of the Smokies

    Mountain Time: The Jewel of the Smokies Story and images by Arthur “Butch” McDade Mount Le Conte may not be the highest peak in the Smokies, but its impressive hulk looms over the Tennessee side of the national park. Here’s what writers Ken Wise and Ron Petersen say in A Natural History of Mount Le Conte: “Mount Le Conte is the crown jewel of the Great Smoky Read more...

  5. Image for the Asking: Reflections on the Past

    Image for the Asking: Reflections on the Past Story and image by Don McGowan William Ogle and his wife Martha Huskey were the first Euro-American settlers in the area of what would—by way of first being called White Oak Flats—one day become Gatlinburg, Tennessee. They arrived in the early 1800s (1803 by their own historical accounting), and in time their descendants spread Read more...

  6. Memories of Mount Le Conte 

    Memories of Mount Le Conte  By Mike Hembree Mount Le Conte isn’t the highest mountain in the Smokies, but it wins in the “most loved” category. Driving toward Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, on Highway 441, the view of Le Conte is as of a monolith, a strong-shouldered, imposing mountain that stands sentinel over the valleys below, its green peaks more than 6,000 Read more...

  7. Balancing Act on Mount Le Conte

    Balancing Act on Mount Le Conte Note from Frances Figart, editor of Smokies LIVE and Smokies Life: A new GSMA title slated for publication in 2021 is Letters from the Smokies, written by Mike Aday and edited by his wife Denise Aday. The power couple has agreed to share a taste of what’s to come here on Smokies LIVE! By Mike Aday, Archivist/Librarian at the Collections Read more...

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