Monthly Archive: December 2014
GSM Guide
December 30, 2014
The National Park Service to Close Cades Cove Loop Road For Work: Cades Cove Loop Road in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park will be closed for three days in the middle of the week for two weeks so some hazardous trees can be removed from the cove. The road will be closed to ALL types of traffic (vehicles, bikes and pedestrian) while the work takes place. The closure will be on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, January 6-8, 2015 and again the following week on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, January13-15, 2015. Remember the road closure is for all traffic, so…
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GSM Guide
December 14, 2014
Chimney Tops Trails Restoration Completed and Reopened on Friday After three years of hard labor Chimney Tops Trail has been reopened to public access every day of the week. Restoration to the trail has finally been completed to the popular hiking trail in the Great Smoky Mountains. The trail was in need of many repairs to make the trail safer for hikers. The restoration included placing or replacing rock stairs, building retainer walls, improving drainage ditches, making or replacing log steps, removing old trees and placing crushed rock or gravel along parts of the trail. Those involved in the three-year restoration…
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Chimney Tops Trail, hiking
GSM Guide
December 11, 2014
Have You Ever Seen the Road Sign Harmon Den on I-40 in Great Smoky Mountains? Have you ever been traveling on I-40 in the Great Smoky Mountains near the North Carolina and Tennessee state line and seen the sign Harmon Den? Did you wonder what it is? If you take Exit 7 on I-40 and follow the signs you will discover it is a large horse campground with about 14 miles of designated horse trails and facilities. Harmon Den Horse Campground is located in North Carolina and is part of the Nation Forests in North Carolina. The horse campground is within the Pisgah…
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GSM Travel
great smoky mountains, horse trails, Pisgah National Forest
GSM Guide
December 10, 2014
Popular Alum Cave Trail to Mount LeConte to Get Restoration and Weekday Closings in 2015 Alum Cave Trail will be closed during the week starting in May of 2015 for restoration. The National park Service is going to begin restoration on the popular 5 mile trail that is on Mount LeConte in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park off US 441 between Gatlinburg and Cherokee. The park service will close Alum Cave Trail on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesday and Thursdays from 7:00am till 5:30pm starting on May 4, 2015 (until November 19, 2015). The trail will not be closed on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays….
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Alum Cave Trail, Bullhead Trail, great smoky mountains, Rainbow Falls Trail
GSM Guide
December 1, 2014
Remote LeConte Lodge on Mt. LeConte in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park Gets New Manager for 2015 When LeConte Lodge opens next year in the spring it will be with new management! Chris and Allyson Virden have managed the lodge for 12 years but when the lodge closed for the season a few days ago they will move on to a new way of life. The new manager for LeConte Lodge will be a former lodge crew member Ruthie Puckett from Alabama. LeConte Lodge sits at the top of Mt. LeConte in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee at an…
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LeConte Lodge, mt leconte
