GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK - The Road to Mount LeConte isn’t easy, no matter how you slice it. But one of the five routes that climb to the iconic summit in the heart of the Smokies is ...

Mount LeConte is an iconic hiking ... and the peak are only accessible by one of six trails: Alum Cave Trail, Boulevard Trail ...

Great Smoky Mountains Natl. Park — Reaching 6,593 feet above the Great Smoky Mountains' foggy foothills, Mount LeConte is a popular ... Fork Motor Nature Trail, Rainbow Falls Trail is just ...

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 ...

Great Smokies' Rainbow Falls Trail gets huge facelift Hike to Mount LeConte, highest elevation lodge in Eastern U.S. She said Trillium Gap Trail is one of the busiest trails in the park since it ...

Correction: A previous version of this story gave an incorrect date for the ribbon-cutting at Rainbow Falls trail. The event was Wednesday, Nov. 14. A ribbon-cutting event will be held Wednesday ...

Hikers in Great Smoky Mountains National Park will have one less trail to reach Mount LeConte most weekdays ... including on Abrams Falls, Trillium Gap, Rainbow Falls, Alum Cave, Chimney Tops ...

The sun rises over Mount LeConte, the third highest ... Most people take the 5.5-mile Alum Cave trail, the shortest but steepest. Bullhead, Rainbow Falls and Trillium (used by llamas to bring ...

You are looking at hikes of five to eight miles each way along the Alum Cave, Trillium Gap, Bull Head, The Boulevard or Rainbow Falls trails. What you find atop massive Mount LeConte are high ...

(WATE) – The Great Smoky Mountains National Park will temporarily close a popular trail for two weeks to allow for the replacement of a foot-log bridge. Rainbow ... reach Mt. Le Conte and ...

Rainbow Falls Trail is one of the most popular trails in the park that leads hikers to Rainbow Falls sand Mount LeConte. Trails Forever volunteers will perform a wide range of trail maintenance ...