Chimney Tops Pictures And Movie Hike

Chimney Tops Trail was to finish off another great day of hiking in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Driving on the scenic Newfound Gap Road were many more vistas and cascading rapids to film. When I was almost there, I stopped to film chimney-tops from a distance. It stood out like a volcano in the horizon. This should be good I thought.

The climb is 1,700' and a 4 miles roundtrip hike. Once again I was surrounded by old forest growth hardwood trees near the bottom and knew there were spruce and firs on top. This was a steep trail that hosted many new cascading rapids, mosses, and ferns. The uphill vistas were great. As I neared the top I noticed the difference in the thickness of the air. It was quiet and still on top with the sun penetrating deeper onto my face. This was my favorite place to be in the entire park so far.