Throwback Thursday
At 14,440 feet, Mt. Elbert is, has always been, and hopefully will always remain the highest mountain in Colorado. As crazy as it sounds, t...
avril 2015
Blue Ridge Parkway and Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation Announce $700,000 Centennial Challenge Funding
The Blue Ridge Parkway is pleased to announce that $710,035 will be directed to addressing critical repairs along the 469-mile corridor. The...
Smokies Announces Synchronous Firefly Viewing Event Dates
Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials have announced the dates for the firefly viewing event in Elkmont. The ticketed event will tak...
Big South Fork and Obed Trails Highlighted in the Mountain Laurel Walks Celebration
Six of the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area and the Obed Wild and Scenic River trails are showcased in this year's Moun...
NPS Announces $26 Million in Centennial Challenge Projects
From trail repairs to new wayside interpretive panels, road and bridge repairs and restoring the most photographed barn in America, the Nati...
Shenandoah National Park Announces Entrance Fee Increase
As part of a nationwide initiative, Shenandoah National Park will begin charging increased entrance fees in two stages, beginning on May 1,...
Shenandoah National Park Hosts Wildflower Weekend 2015
Native spring wildflowers and children's creativity will be celebrated during Shenandoah National Park's 29th annual Wildflower Week...
Throwback Thursday
A total of 36 square miles of Mt. Rainier’s surface is covered by glaciers and perennial snow fields. Or, to put in another way, roughly 9%...
Forest Service Expands Access to Youth Conservation Corps Program
The U.S. Forest Service is announcing new Youth Conservation Corps job opportunities on national forests throughout the country. Young peopl...
Video: Walker Sisters Cabin
TheDayHikerGSM provides an excellent overview of the Walker Sisters Cabin and the Little Greenbriar area in this short video: For more i...
Spring & KAOS in the Air
KAOS is in the air, and probably the water. At last, I can breathe a sigh of relief. Exhaling the last of that nagging feeling (...
Linville Gorge Wilderness Fire Fully Contained
Significant rainfall allowed firefighters to fully contain the 521 acre Blue Gravel wildfire on the Pisgah National Forest in the Shortoff M...
How To Pack For a Dayhike
In the short video below, Backpacker Magazine offers a list of items that should be included in your pack during a day hike. This is a great...
Trail Keeper Volunteer Program Expanded at the Big South Fork
Last year the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area successfully completed the first year of the park's Trail Keeper volunte...
Wildfire Closes Portions of Linville Gorge Wilderness area
The Blue Gravel wildfire is still burning this morning in a remote area east of Shortoff Mountain just outside Linville Gorge Wilderness ...
Three Appalachian Trail Hikers Rescued in Smokies
On the morning of April 4th, a report was received of three Appalachian Trail hikers who’d become separated from each other during the pr...
Great Smoky Mountain Rangers Rescue Seriously Injured Hiker
On the afternoon of March 29th, rangers rescued a hiker who had taken a fall onto a pile of rocks a little over two-and-a-half miles from th...
Throwback Thursday
John Muir once said “If I were so time-poor as to have only one day to spend in Yosemite I should start at daybreak, say at three o'cloc...
Big South Fork Offers Ranger-led Wildflower Hike to Angel Falls
The Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area announces a two to three hour ranger-led interpretive hike about Big South Fork'...
Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation Commits $600,000 for Improvements and Programs on the Parkway
It’s the time of year when millions of visitors are eagerly anticipating their next adventure on the Blue Ridge Parkway. As they plan their ...
The Trails of Mt LeConte
Last fall Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials announced that a full-scale restoration project will begin on Alum Cave Trail later ...
Smokies Limits Access in Whiteoak Sink Area to Protect Declining Bat Populations
Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials have reopened the Whiteoak Sink area with limited access effective April 1 through May 15 to l...
Help Wanted: Explorers for the Ultimate Canadian Dream Job
Woods Canada is currently looking for two persons to become Woods™ explorers. The two of you will be engaged for the 2015 program and work a...
Volunteers Needed to Assist in Alum Cave Trail Rehabilitation
Great Smoky Mountains National Park is currently recruiting volunteers to assist a Trails Forever trail crew on rehabilitation projects on t...
Throwback Thursday
Mt. LeConte is famous for the historic lodge and cabins at its summit. The idea for the lodge came about when Paul Adams, a local hiker and ...
The First Week of Spring in Cades Cove
It's finally April! If you don't already wish you were in the Smokies right now, this short video from Great Smoky Mountains Associa...
