Great Smoky Mountains Natl. Park — Reaching 6,593 feet above the Great Smoky Mountains' foggy foothills, Mount LeConte is a popular trail with adventurous hikers looking for a challenge. LeConte is ...

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 federal ...

The sun rises over Mount LeConte, the third highest peak in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. At 6,593 feet, Mount LeConte is the third highest peak in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, ...

Great Smoky Mountains Natl. Park — One hundred years of hiking, education, volunteering and conservation in the Great Smoky Mountains started on an October day in 1924. Twenty hikers from the ...

Once you go, you become a part of its history and mystique. The LeConte Lodge stands atop one of the highest peaks east of the Mississippi River, and there's only one way to get there: Your own feet, ...

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With each hike I complete, I feel empowered and reminded that breast cancer — and lingering lymphedema — cannot keep me down. The first time I climbed Mt. LeConte, a challenging destination in the ...

Here’s what it was like hiking 11 miles up to Mount LeConte via the Alum Cave Trail Jeff Hoffman Gets Honest About Who He ...

At 6,593 feet, Mount LeConte is the third-tallest peak in the park and home to one of the most unique backcountry accommodations in the National Park System: LeConte Lodge. This remote lodge, built in ...