Mt. LeConte Photo Gallery, Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Mt. LeConte Photo
Gallery, Great Smoky Mountains National Park
If you only have time to do one hike when you visit the Smokies, try one of the trails to Mt. LeConte. Rising over one vertical mile above the gateway town of Gatlinburg, Tennessee, Leconte offers one of the most unique hiking experiences in the southern mountains.
 Alum Cave Bluff |
 Chris plods through the snow near Cliff Top. |
 Annie poses at Cliff Top. |
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 Cliff Top is on the ridgeline in the upper left corner of this photo. |
 Another view of Cliff Top on a -12 degree day. |
 Paul takes in the view from near the top of the climb. |
 Gretch doesn't enjoy the cliff walking. |
 LeConte in early spring. |
 Huggins Hell |
 Steve walks the Old Sugarlands trail near the bottom of LeConte. |
 The Trillium Gap trail. |
 Mt. LeConte Lodge - you've got to work for the right to spend the night here. |
 A view of the inside of one of the Lodge cabins. |
 Steve and Holly head down to the Lodge on a cold winter day. |
 Can't beat the view! |
 Styx Creek near the Alum Cave Bluff trail. |
 The new trail shelter on Mt. LeConte. |
 Grotto Falls on the Trillium Gap trail. |
 Steve adds to the cairn on the peak of Mt. LeConte. |
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 Deep snow on the day after Christmas, 2003. |
 The view of LeConte from near Charlies Bunion on the Dry Sluice Gap trail. |
 Gretch works her way through the deep snow on the Boulevard. |
 Slide area on the Boulevard trail. |
 The razor-backed ridge that leads out to Myrtle Point. It's the place to be at sunrise. |
 Fall color near the base of Mt. LeConte. |
 The Little Pigeon River drains the huge Greenbrier valley watershed on the east side of LeConte. |
 Top o' the World! |
 Myrtle Point: -15 degrees. |
 Looking down on the slide area from Myrtle Point. |
 Nearing the top of the Boulevard trail. The trees were killed by the wooly adelgid. |
 Steve and Holly pause in the snow on the Boulevard trail. |
 The griztrax crew gathers around an injured hiker as we move him to an emergency landing pad on Mt. LeConte. |
 Moments from takeoff... |
Gretch plows through the drifts as the copter readies for takeoff. |
 Chris and Paul leaving the heli-pad. |
Snow blasts the mountainside as the Lifestar flight heads for the hospital. |
 The Lifestar flight lifts off with the injured hiker aboard. |
