Beautiful but cold today in the Smokies.  There's about a foot and a half of snow in the higher elevations and sub zero temperatures.  They say that there is more snow and ice on the way!  Well, that's fine with me.  I'll enjoy the wonder of winter in our Smokies weather I can get out in it or not.  I really enjoy winter in the Smokies except of course the super cold mornings like we had today.  In the highest elevations the wind chill was near -20 this morning.  That's nothing to take lightly.  I hope that if you are planning to get out hiking in this cold and snow that you will take it seriously.  When it's 34 and raining in Gatlinburg it can very easily be 0 degrees and snowing on top of LeConte.
    I hope you enjoy this Winter Sunset view from Mt. LeConte.  Very little compares to the beauty God gave us to enjoy in the Smokies during the Winter.