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Gatlinburg and our Hotel | Smoky Mountains on Day 1 - Cucumber Gap Trail | Smoky Mountains on Day 2 - Cades Cove | Smoky Mountains on Day 3 - It actually snowed! | Smoky Mountains on Day 4 - Finally, the mountains! | Smoky Mountains on Day 5 - Clingman's Dome | Smoky Mountains on Day 6 - Brushy Mountain | Parting shots from our trip to the Smokies

Smoky Mountains on Day 5 - Clingman's Dome

We had good weather. Went up to Clingman's Dome. Had an interesting climb up a snowy trail to the top. We drove in the Cherokee reservation in North Carolina and also stopped at the Oconaluftee Visitor Center on the way back.
Spring flower walk near the 8th mile marker
Spring flower walk near the 8th mile marker		 Looking for flowers
Looking for flowers		 Slope between two hillsides
Slope between two hillsides		 Fringed Phacelia
Fringed Phacelia		 Our destination
Our destination
From the parking lot for Clingmans dome
From the parking lot for Clingmans dome		 Snow covered mountaintops
Snow covered mountaintops		 Trees killed by the Balsam Wooly Adelgid
Trees killed by the Balsam Wooly Adelgid		 Looking downhill from trail to Clingmans Peak
Looking downhill from trail to Clingmans Peak		 And uphill
And uphill
Dying trees at the peak
Dying trees at the peak		 The tower on Clingmans Dome
The tower on Clingmans Dome		 On the way to the top
On the way to the top		 At the top
At the top		 In the crowd at the top
In the crowd at the top
One perspective
One perspective		 Panorama1 - Clingmans Dome
Panorama1 - Clingmans Dome		 Mountain ranges
Mountain ranges		 Panorama2 - Clingmans Dome
Panorama2 - Clingmans Dome		 Mountaintops
Mountaintops
The way back
The way back		 The line of peaks in the distance
The line of peaks in the distance		 Lines of ridges
Lines of ridges		 Like waves
Like waves		 To the Appalachian Trail
To the Appalachian Trail
A valley seen from the trail to the parking lot
A valley seen from the trail to the parking lot		 Stepping carefully going downhill
Stepping carefully going downhill		 Crowds swarming downhill
Crowds swarming downhill		 Scenic spot
Scenic spot		 Trails
Trails
Tired
Tired		 Ridgelines
Ridgelines		 At the Deep Creek Valley Overlook
At the Deep Creek Valley Overlook		 Deep Creek Valley view
Deep Creek Valley view		 Picnic at Collins Creek
Picnic at Collins Creek
Mingo Falls - One of the tallest in this area
Mingo Falls - One of the tallest in this area		 Below us
Below us		 Above her
Above her		 In the town of Cherokee
In the town of Cherokee		 Proof Finally
Proof Finally
The meadow at Oconoluftee Visitor Center
The meadow at Oconoluftee Visitor Center		 Recreating the buildings of the mountain people
Recreating the buildings of the mountain people		 Oconoluftee river
Oconoluftee river

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The Third Side25-May-2009 00:41
Great shots of some beautiful mountains !
Ali Majdfar23-May-2009 18:34
Fabulous captures, excellent. ~V
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