The Chimney Tops Trail in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is open and one of the most popular hikes in the park. However, like Gatlinburg and the Smoky Mountains, it is also forever changed by ...

Friends of the Smokies has an especially vested interest in the well-being of the Chimney Tops Trail, and the prognosis for the trail is not good. Chimney Tops in the Great Smoky Mountains ...

For more than 10 months, bright orange barriers have blocked the trail head to one of the most popular hikes inside Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Chimney Tops is typically one of the most ...

Four trails in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park remain closed six months after the Nov. 28 fire. The list includes Chimney Tops Trail, one of the most beloved trails in the Smokies that is ...

The Friends of the Smokies will host the November Classic Hike of the Smokies on the newly reconstructed Chimney Tops Trail Nov. 10, but you have to sign up by Nov. 5. The hike will include vistas ...

GATLINBURG, Tenn. (WATE) – A portion of the Chimney Tops Trail in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is reopening this week for the first time since last year’s devastating wildfires.

Most of the Chimney Tops Trail is now open but the final quarter of a mile is still closed. A new observation deck has been opened for hikers to view the Chimney Tops summits from a distance.

Rangers in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park have a new warning for hikers on the Chimney Tops trail who may be ignoring posted signs about the dangers along the trail that burned in the ...

Chimney Tops Trail remains closed due to an approximately 3-acre wildfire burning near the summit of the trail. The slow-moving, backing fire is burning through the shallow duff layer in the ...

The Chimney Tops Trail is one of the most popular in the park. The steep, four-mile hike with spectacular views is a favorite of visitors, but has been inaccessible for more than two months.