I’ve been to the Smoky Mountains many times and I’ve seen quite a bit of the park and trails but until this hike I hadn’t visited Ramsey Cascades. Well I finally made it a point to hike there and see if it was worth the 8 mile round trip. It was definitely worth it and […]

This was an outstanding day hike and according to several local sources in the top 4 of the most difficult hikes in the Smoky Mountains.   For this hike we stayed in Gatlinburg and drove to Cosby to start our hike.  Cosby is somewhat of a hidden jewel and unless you’re a hiker you really […]

This day hike started as just a cold winter hike but the addition of snow turned made it pretty great so I wanted to post a few pics about it. We drove in to the incredible town of Damascus which well know for being one of the friendliest towns on the Appalachian Trail and a […]