The best times to visit Great Smoky Mountains National Park are the summer (June, July and August) and the fall. July is the busiest month of the summer season while October weekends draw those in ...

Korrin Bishop is an outdoor travel expert who once lived near Great Smoky Mountains National Park. She spent considerable time exploring the park and its many offerings. She offers tips for learning ...

Bears are active this time of year as they look for food and visitors should use “extreme caution.” Visitors were chased or ...

Acacia Gabriel covers responsible ecotourism, cultural experiences, and the intersection of outdoor adventure and luxury. After solo traveling through 35+ countries on five different continents, she ...

Increased bear activity in Great Smoky Mountains National Park has led to temporary trail and road closures. An aggressive bear recently caused the closure of Abrams Falls Trail, which has since ...

Hundreds of mountains have yet to be explored, finds Rachel Nuwer. Why are these peaks so difficult to scale? Since mountaineering became a popular sport in the 1850s, members of its community have ...

Mountains stand apart, literally – they’re islands rising high in a sea of lowlands. For many, they’re the place to reconnect to nature, to relax and to enjoy a clean environment and fresh air. The ...

The mountains—one of the contexts that almost every architect would like to build in at least once. And yet even though it's an attractive setting, the associated challenges, including, but not ...

Under the threat of climate change, mountain landscapes all over the world have the risk of becoming more hazardous to communities surrounding them, while their accelerated evolution may bring further ...