Southern Forest Watch Loses Legal Fight Against Backcountry Camping Fees
According to documents provided by John Quillen, a lawsuit brought forth by the Southern Forest Watch group that challenged the backcountry ...
mars 2015
Next Phase of Work on Newfound Gap Road Begins in April
Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials announced that a project to repave 4.3 miles of Newfound Gap Road will begin on April 13. This...
AWAKE - Electric Northern Lights Time Lapse
Although I've never seen them in person, I absolutely love the northern lights. Someday I hope to remedy this situation! I guess the nex...
Clingmans Dome Road to Open Early
Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials announced plans to open Clingmans Dome Road this weekend beginning Friday, March 27th as weath...
Throwback Thursday
Did you know that Fern Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park was once the site of a backcountry lodge? Over the course of the first half of...
How to Prevent Blisters
As Sheri Propster emphatically states, blisters do suck! In this short video she offers several ways to help prevent, and treat, blisters. A...
2015 Spring Ranger-led Program Schedule
Last week the Great Smoky Mountains National Park published their 2015 Spring Ranger-led Program Schedule. The schedule includes events and ...
Forest Service Closing Graveyard Fields to Overnight Camping
The U.S. Forest Service is temporarily closing the Graveyard Fields Area to overnight camping. This closure, issued in consultation with the...
Bedding with crossbedding through it
Cross-bedding in sandstone of the Evans Head Coal Measures Shark Bay - Evans Head area Cross bedding is a common feature in many of the Me...
Appalachian Trail Hiker Killed by Falling Tree
On Sunday March 15th, Jason R. Parish, age 36, of Philadelphia, PA, was killed when he sustained a fatal head injury after being struck by a...
Throwback Thursday
There are times when you probably think that stupidity runs rampant among some who venture into the wilderness these days. There may be pr...
Smokies Plans Prescribed Burn near Cataloochee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park fire management officials are planning a 550-acre prescribed burn in the Wash Ridge unit adjacent to Cat...
Halting Forest Pests in the Smokies
Invasive forest pests are a serious threat to the health of the forests in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. To prevent the threat of non...
Your Chance To Be On Survivorman Episode With Les Stroud
Les Stroud, star of OLN Canada and Discovery Channel’s Survivorman, is heading into the wilderness again, but this time he will not be alone...
Smokies Seeks Oconaluftee Roving Volunteers
Great Smoky Mountains National Park is recruiting volunteers to assist park visitors by roving the Oconaluftee River Trail, Mountain Farm Mu...
Volunteers Needed to Staff Clingmans Dome Information Center
Great Smoky Mountains National Park is recruiting volunteers to help provide visitor information at Clingmans Dome. The information center s...
Laurel Falls Trail Temporarily Closed Due to Storm Damage
Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials announced the temporary closure of the popular Laurel Falls Trail due to storm damage. Th...
All Streams in the Smokies Now Open to Fishing
Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials announced the reopening of Lynn Camp Prong to fishing effective March 6, 2015 following a seve...
Throwback Thursday
Standing up to the man! That’s exactly what the Walker Sisters of Little Greenbrier did when the Federal Government wanted their 123-acre ...
10 Ways to Use a Bandanna On The Trail
Do you carry a bandanna in your pack? Good thing, because there are several uses for this ubiquitous piece of cloth. In this short video Bac...
It's March, and People Are Starting to Get a Little Funny
A neighbor posts in a local buy-and-sell group on Facebook: I have several pickup loads of gently used snow I would part with at a very reas...
Some Spring 2015 Weather Predictions
When it comes to the temperature chart, at least, it seems that readers in British Columbia and Alberta could just extend the shaded z...
Decline of the Balds
The following is a guest blog by Cabins USA Gatlinburg : "As it stands, the best pasturage is high up in the mountains, where there a...
Throwback Thursday
The Ptarmigan Tunnel in Glacier National Park is a 240-foot manmade tunnel that was blasted through the Ptarmigan Wall so that early park ...
The Great Smoky Mountains Scavenger Hunt
Now's the time to gather your friends, family and co-workers together to create a team for the annual Great Smoky Mountains Scavenger Hu...
What Does Cañon City, Colo., Have in Common with Harlan County, Ky?
They both have coal mining — or did, in Cañon's case. And they both have fictional U. S. marshals who make up the law as they go along ...
Big South Fork Estimates 80% of Park Impacted by Ice Storm
A large ice storm incident on February 21, 2015, crippled a large portion of the Upper Cumberland Plateau, including the Big South Fork Na...
"Get On the Trail" Hiking Series
Join Friends of the Smokies and fitness expert Missy Kane once again for another series of hikes this upcoming spring. Each Wednesday throug...
Fontana Dam To Be Designated as Newest Appalachian Trail Community
The Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC), along with the Smoky Mountains Hiking Club (SMHC), invite the public to attend the official designa...
