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Great Smoky Mountains National Park, a nature lover's paradise, is the most visited national park in America. The peacefulness of the Smokies provides a perfect place for getaways to rejuvenate from the stress of everyday life.

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The beauty of Great Smoky Mountains National Park is displayed in its awesome waterfalls, cool mountain rivers, wildflowers, floral and fauna, and the glory of fall as the tree leaves change to brilliant colors of red, orange, and gold.

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Historic Structure in the National Park

Encompassing over 500,000 acres of forest land, Great Smoky Mountains National Park is situated in western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee. The Great Smoky Mountains, the majestic climax of the Appalachian Highlands, are a wildlands sanctuary preserving the world's finest examples of temperate deciduous forest. The Great Smoky Mountains National Park boasts unspoiled forests similar to those the early settlers found. Wildflowers and migrating birds abound in late April and early May. Autumn's pageantry of colors in the Smoky Mountains usually peaks in mid-October. Some 800 miles of trails thread the whole of the Smoky Mountains natural fabric - and its waterfalls, coves, balds, and rushing streams. The Great Smoky Mountains, a wild landscape rich with traces of its human past, calls people back year after year. The Great Smoky Mountains Railroad offers breathtaking views of the Smoky Mountains and Fontana Dam.

Summit Fest 2008 to Be Celebrated June 6 & 7

Summit Fest 2008 will be held in Gatlinburg, TN at Gatlinburg's Winery Square on June 6th and 7th. The event will include autograph pictures signings, Apa and Lhakpa slide show, food, fun, and product demonstrations.


Apa Sherpa		Lhakpa Gelu Sherpa

Special guests will include Apa Sherpa, the only man in history to reach the top of the world 17 times. As the world record holder of the most summits of Everest, Apa is widely recognized to be one of the greatest living mountaineers. Another special guest will be Lhakpa Gelu Sherpa whose goal was to set an Everest speed ascent record. He not only broke the late Babu Chirri Sherpa's Everest speed ascent record of 16 hrs 56 mins, but he shattered that record with a record time of 10 hrs, 56 mins, and 46 sec.

News from Great Smoky Mountains National Park:
> Tourism Week to be Celebrated in National Park
> GSMNP to Hold 2 Days of Public Events for International Migratory Bird Day Celebration
> Road Closure Scheduled on Little River Road
> Ginseng Poachers Conviction Includes Jail Time
> Parson Branch Road Reopens
> New Tram Cars at Ober Gatlinburg

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