Archive for the ‘Fascinating People’ Category

Mt. Le Conte Llama Train

 

Hike up Mt. Le Conte with our special guest video blogger Walter Wuthmann and the famous llamas that keep Le Conte Lodge stocked with supplies. You won’t believe what the llamas have for lunch up at the top! Click here to find out!

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Bird Talk… Spring Is On Its Way!

 

Go on a birding adventure and find out where some of those bird songs and calls are really coming from. Filmed during last year’s Spring Wildflower Pilgrimage. Click here to watch!

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Nordic Ski Patrol at Clingmans Dome

 

Meet some of the members of the park’s Nordic Ski Patrol, a volunteer group that serves as a contact point for visitors using Clingmans Dome Road during winter. Among their many responsibilities are reporting weather conditions, providing cold weather emergency medical services, and assisting with search and rescue. Click here or on the photo [...]

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Waiting for Wannetta…

 

December 3 is a special day at Great Smoky Mountains National Park. It’s the day that Wannetta Johnson brings a poinsettia to Park Headquarters. Click here or on the photo to find out why she has made this special trip every year for the past 35 years.

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Discovering Smoky Mountain Magic

 

Eighty years after its completion, Horace Kephart’s previously unpublished novel, Smoky Mountain Magic, has been released by Great Smoky Mountains Association. Click here or on the photo to hear the journey of the novel with Libby Kephart Hargrave, the author’s great-granddaughter.

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