Mt. LeConte Lodge is a fairly hard-to-reach and hard-to-book getaway. The lodge and peak are only accessible by one of six ...

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 ...

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.

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-… ...

LeConte Lodge, which functions as a concession of the national park system in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, is just below the 6,593-foot summit of Mount LeConte.

LeConte Lodge, which functions as a concession of the national park system in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, is just below the 6,593-foot summit of Mount LeConte.

The Friends of the Smokies excursion is a day hike to LeConte Lodge on July 11, as part of the group’s Classic Hike of the Smokies series. It is 10 miles, out-and-back and climbs 2,600 feet up ...

Mt. LeConte backcountry shelter closed in the Smokies due to 'aggressive bear activity' Since October 5, the GSMNP said it has witnessed a series of incidents involving property damage where young ...

GATLINBURG, Tenn. (WATE) — The first snow of the season has fallen on Mt. LeConte, according to LeConte Lodge staff. The Lodge shared a photo of a dusting of snow on the mountain and said a ...

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 ...

GATLINBURG, Tenn. — Daniel Bice fulfilled his dream of conquering Mt. LeConte over the weekend, but it wasn't the average hike. Bice had part of his right leg amputated four years ago due to ...

Sgt. 1st Class Tracy Banta, a Tennessee National Guard Flight Paramedic, is hoisted into a rescue helicopter with a hiker who has life-threatening illness on Mount LeConte at the Great Smoky ...