Tennessee
Clingman's Dome
Elevation: 6643 feet
On the last Saturday of October, 2001, Mike DeHaye and I hiked up the AT from the Newfound Gap parking lot to the summit of Clingman's Dome. There were a lot of snow flurries toward the top. The evergreens that had collected some snow looked like frosted Christmas trees. It was quite cold and windy at the top. For a little while, snow was blowing past the tower. We made up for our adventurous hike to the top of the drive up by hitching a ride back to the Newfound Gap lot with some rafters from Auburn.