Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hikers in Great Smoky Mountains National Park will have one less trail to reach Mount LeConte most weekdays. Bullhead Trail in the ...

Once you go, you become a part of its history and mystique. The LeConte Lodge stands atop one of the highest peaks east of the Mississippi River, and there's only one way to get there: Your own feet, ...

SEVIER COUNTY, Tenn. — Before setting out on his 600th summit hike of Mount Le Conte, Larry Russell offered a couple of words of advice — “Be careful, have fun.” WBIR last followed “Larry Legend” up ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Beginning in May, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park will be closing Bullhead Trail up to Mount LeConte as a multi-year rehabilitation project begins. On Friday, the ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Hiking Mount LeConte in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is a one-time checkmark on lots of bucket lists. But for Larry Russell, it’s just an average Wednesday. “It’s ...

A stay at LeConte Lodge is well worth the trek. It was seven o’clock on a cool summer evening in East Tennessee as my mom and I grabbed extra layers and headlamps to make the short trek to Cliff Tops, ...

I just got back from Gatlinburg, Tennessee and I am happy to report that the town borders many of the entrances into the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, where you will find tons of hiking trails ...

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 ...

A photo of Jim Huff as a child on the trail climbing Mount LeConte. Jim Huff went on to co-own the LeConte Lodge from 1976 to 1989, carrying the torch of his uncle and the lodge's original founder ...