Mount LeConte is an iconic hiking destination in the Smokies with some of the best scenic views in the Eastern United States. At 6,593 feet, LeConte is the third-highest peak in the Smokies and ...

Hiking to LeConte Lodge via Alum Cave Trail will look a little different as National Park Service crews continue to clean up ...

Navigation will be harder for hikers until National Park Service crews can assess and repair the trail, according to LeConte ...

“Our Mount Le Conte site can only be reached by hiking ... Weather isn’t the only environmental variable monitored in the Smokies. Observations of wind, dewpoint, relative humidity, streamflow and air ...

“Our Mount Le Conte site can only be reached by hiking ... Weather isn’t the only environmental variable monitored in the Smokies. Observations of wind, dewpoint, relative humidity, streamflow ...

There is no in-park lodging except for the hike-in lodge atop Mount LeConte, so most non-camping visitors stay in the gateway towns of Gatlinburg, Townsend, Wears Valley and Bryson City.

While hikers can travel Rainbow Falls Trail for its full 6.7 miles to Mount Le Conte, most opt for the 5.6-mile out-and-back hike to its namesake waterfall. Rainbow Falls cascades 80 feet, making it ...

As for record-breakers, Mount Le Conte holds the Tennessee records for 24-hour snowfall, 30 inches, and snow depth, 63 inches, both from a winter storm in March 1993. Great Smoky Mountains ...