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Friday, March 25, 2016

Early Spring on Newfound Gap Road - Great Smoky Mountains National Park


An early spring storm left snow on the higher elevations of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Only a couple of days later, the Newfound Gap Road had been plowed and the snow was quickly melting with temperatures in the upper 40s Fahrenheit. A surprising number of spring break visitors stopped at the gap on the North Carolina and Tennessee border. We drove through on our way to hike on the North Carolina side of the mountains in late March 2016.

Walker Camp Prong valley from Morton Overlook

Thomas Ridge from Newfound Gap

Snow on the Appalachian Trail at Newfound Gap

Rockefeller Memorial at Newfound Gap

Newfound Gap Road descending into Beech Flats as seen from Newfound Gap

Ranks of ridges in the Deep Creek basin

Winter tries to hang on even after the spring equinox

Hardwood trees beginning to bud below Rocky Fork Ridge

Entry to Great Smoky Mountains National Park is free.

The park website is http://www.nps.gov/grsm/index.htm.

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