KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Believe it or not, a part of East Tennessee received snow on Monday, Oct. 16. ... At 6,593 feet, Mount LeConte is the third-highest peak in the Smokies.

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 ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — A hiker who developed a life-threatening illness was rescued from the LeConte Lodge in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park on Tuesday. The call for help was issued ...

Mount LeConte is the Great Smoky Mountains' third-highest peak, and the idea for its famous lodge started with Paul Adams and his dog, ... a Knoxville detective, was killed in a gun battle.

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 highest peak in what would become ...

GATLINBURG, Tenn. — You don’t need a map or compass to hike to Mount LeConte. There’s only one direction: up. There are five different routes up and down Mount LeConte, the third-… ...

Strangers who helped a hiker reach medical care on Mt LeConte are sharing their story ... A UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter from the Tennessee National Guard in Knoxville airlifted the hiker off the ...

1925 A tent camp is erected atop Mount LeConte by Paul Adams to entertain dignitaries visiting from Washington, D.C., as the idea of establishing a park grows more serious.

It was a Monday afternoon when some 60 hikers on the inaugural fund-raising trek to LeConte Lodge with the Friends of the Smokies — hikers ages 15 to 80 — made their way first up the ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A lodge near the summit of the Smokies' Mount LeConte won't open for the season Monday as planned, officials said this week. LeConte Lodge in the Great Smoky Mountains ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — It’s almost like experiencing a dreamy déjà vu on Mt. LeConte as an October snowfall event has occurred for the second year in a row on the same date; except unlike ...