• ENP 6.7 Great Smoky Mountains: Mountain Magic - Hiking Every Trail
  06/19/2018
   Bryan and Danielle speak with Liz Etnier, who became passionate about hiking in the Great Smoky Mountains at age 58. With 800 miles of trails, she set out a goal to hike every trail in the park before her 60th birthday. Her book, the Day Hiker’s Guide to all the Trails in the Smoky Mountains, has resulted from her hours of planning, and from the subsequent urging by her hiking friends to write it all down.  
  
  
  Discussion includes the following: 

  • How did Liz set this goal?  (2:47)
  • Description of Trails (5:09)
  • Favorite hike (8:54)
  • Hikes with children (13:38)
  • White Oak Sink (14:27)
  • Loving the parks to death (16:34)
  • Meeting our Junior Rangers (21:02)
  • Tips for front country hiking with families (22:43)
  • What is special about the Smokies for Liz (25:42)
  • Family friendly hikes (27:53)
    • Finley Cane Trail
    • Schoolhouse Gap
    • Middle Prong
    • Camp bottoms
    • Laurel Falls
    • Porters Creek
  • Wildflower hikes (30:45)
  • Favorite story of mountain magic (32:10)

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  CATEGORIES: Great Smoky Mountains, Podcasts
  

Resources

• Day Hiker’s Guide to all the Trails in the Smoky Mountains