Labor Day weekend we went to Pigeon Forge and stayed Fri, Sat and Sun night. Saturday morning we got up and hiked to Alum Bluff from the trailhead ( not from the hotel hah ha
). We got a late start hitting the trail around 10 am but it's nice to sleep in once a month, ayeee. Here's a couple of photos of us at the trailhead. The bluffs are HUGE those are people in the foreground towards the bottom. I had to take a photo from 
the bottom of the 
bluffs because otherwise you just can't get them in it. After hiking to the bluffs we hiked on to Mt LeConte, it's a bit over 6600 feet in altitude, pretty big in this 
neck of the woods. The trail up there may be the best for views and excitement in the entire park. Steep, narrow, rocky with great views and steel cables to help your footing on the scary parts. You can see cables to the left of the photo with the tree that has berries on it. On the left is a photo looking down at the dropoff from the trail. We finished the 11 mile or so trek by 6 PM so around 8 hours total and that included a stop at Alum Bluff on the way up and back and a 30 minute lunch at Le Conte sitting in a swing eating trail mix and jerky, drinking water out of a Camelbak!SWEET
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Wow you did a pretty good time for an 11 mile hike When I stay in Gatlinburg I stick to the shorter trails less than two miles one way. The views from the Mt Le Conte must be really nice.
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