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 ...

GATLINBURG, Tenn. (WATE) — The first snow of the season has fallen on Mt. LeConte, according to LeConte Lodge staff. The Lodge shared a photo of a dusting of snow on the mountain and said a light ...

In 1925 Paul Adams, a 24-year-old naturalist who might have popped whole from a Jack London novel, left his home in Knoxville to live alone on Mount Le Conte, the third highest peak in what would ...

It's official: the LeConte Lodge has received its first snowfall of the season. Some scattered snow showers beginning Sunday night meant that visitors to Mt. LeConte were treated to several inches of ...

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 ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park rangers helped a family of six to safety after they got lost hiking Mt. LeConte. The Louisiana family with children, ages 4, 5, 10, and 12, spent the night on a ...

GATLINBURG, Tenn. (WATE) — As the weather turns colder, snow is falling on the tops of the Great Smoky Mountains. The LeConte Lodge posted pictures of the blanket they received overnight. The lodge, ...

Mt. LeConte, Tenn. (WSMV) - The LeConte Lodge saw its first snowfall of the fall season this week. Early Monday morning, temperatures dropped as low as 26 degrees on the top of Mt. LeConte. These cold ...

In late fall of 1925, Paul Adams was astonished to see a visitor walk into his camp on Mount Le Conte. Adams, a young man of 25, had been hired by the Knoxville-based Great Smoky Mountains ...

Looking to head up to Mount LeConte or Grotto Falls on Trillium Gap Trail in Great Smoky Mountains National Park? You’ll have to pick a different hiking route, at least for the next couple of weeks.

GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK – One of the most popular ways to reach the stunning summit of Mount LeConte will be taking some time off from foot traffic this year. The 8.7-mile Trillium Gap ...