Smokies on Dec 7

[Tennessee Viking]

Planning to be going to the Smokies on Dec 7. Either planning Newfound Gap to Charles Bunion or Mt LeConte via the Alum Cave.

[Pacific Tortuga]

The day that will live in infamy.

[vaporjourney]

Either of those hikes will be fantastic. Be careful around Leconte if it's icy!

[Tennessee Viking]

Thanks...I am already accident prone.

I was about 2 miles north of Newfound Gap in February this year. Ended up turning back at that point because a hundred foot section was just ice. It there were sections of nothing but small glacial formations on trail. At least a foot or two thick. I will have to pack some traction slip-ons or ice skates.

Whats the grade and trail makeup going up the Alum Cave section on Mt LeConte? If its major rock, I will have to look for another section, if its snowing.

If the Smokies end up being icy, I might do Lemon Gap to Max Patch.