Gatlinburg held its 25th annual New Year’s Eve ball drop and fireworks show near the intersection of Parkway and Historic Nature Trail next to the base of the Space Needle. Attendees from as far away as Great Britain were shopping and listening to live music as midnight approached. >> Read Complete Article
There’s something eerie about skiing down a mountain and seeing the brown, bare ground flanking both sides of the trail. Yet the conditions at Cataloochee are surprisingly excellent from December through March. >> Read Complete Article
Ober Gatlinburg, Tennessee’s only ski resort, announced Friday that it will be opening its slopes for skiing on Sunday, December23. The recent colder temperatures have made it possible to create snow and open the slopes up to skiers. Spokesman Jim Davis said Ober had been making snow since Thursday afternoon and planned to continue making it
Gatlinburg will welcome the arrival of 2013 in unique style with its 25th Annual New Year’s Eve Ball Drop and Fireworks Show around the intersection of Parkway and Historic Nature Trail at the base of the Space Needle late Saturday night, December 31. At the stroke of midnight on Jan. 1, 2013, the Space Needle
(From WDEF.com) – Barring freezing weather or heavy rain, forestry technicians in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park will spray for pests in Cades Cove on Monday. That means the Loop Road through the scenic cove will be closed that day and part of the loop will be closed on Tuesday as well. Technicians will
The first backcountry emerald ash borer infestation has been confirmed in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. An off-duty park employee discovered the backcountry infestation on Injun Creek Trail in the Greenbrier area on the Tennessee-side of the park earlier this month. >> Read Complete Article
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is changing its backcountry reservation and permitting process. Beginning early next year, the park will collect a $4 per person per night fee for backcountry camping. >> Read Complete Article
This last weekend of September marks the calm before the October storm of people descend on the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. More than a million visitors enter the park each October to see the magnificent seasonal colors produced by the trees. >> Read Complete Article
As Don Casada veered off-trail and began bushwhacking his way over fallen logs and through overgrown shrubs along the shore of Lake Fontana, he barely glanced at the trusty GPS unit in his hand. >> Read Complete Article
A citizens’ organization seeking to overturn the new backcountry camping fee in Great Smoky Mountains National Park wants to take its case to court. >> Read Complete Article
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