January 1, 2018

1/1/2018

Happy New Year,

It’s currently -4 degrees and above the clouds up top. Yesterday’s high was 20 degrees with an overnight low of -6. We have .25” of snow on the ground. There have been numerous road closures due to ice and snow – including Hwy 441 between Cherokee and Gatlinburg.

Stay up to date on closure here: https://goo.gl/HikrMr

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Hot chili kept me warm as I awaited the final hour of 2017. The clouds had cleared, leaving an inversion below. Above the clouds, we marched to the Cliff Top. Bundled up in negative temperatures, I welcomed the new year…

…fireworks thundered below.

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More tired than the day before, I woke before the sunrise. I was excited to see the new year sun. My camera soon went into action – capturing the morning colors. It was going to be a great new year.

Onward,
Seth

“It is never too late to be what you might have been.” - George Eliot

18 Comments

Pat N

1/1/2018 09:38:37 am

Happy New Year, Seth! Love the video!

Uncle Gary

1/1/2018 09:45:25 am

Beautiful
Keep up the good work
Have a safe and happy new year

Mary Anna Pirozzoli

1/1/2018 10:26:44 am

Lov your posts . They are inspirational! “Life List:” To climb Mt Leconte and spend the night ! I am on lottery list 🤞

Carla Brooks

1/1/2018 10:36:32 am

What a way to start the new year! Your pictures are stunning. I read your blog everyday. Thank you.

Dick K.

1/1/2018 10:50:34 am

Nice time lapse and moonlight shot at Cliff Top.

Happy New Year!!!!

Woody

1/1/2018 11:01:01 am

I have been fortunate to visit many beautiful places. My “photos” always fall short of capturing the beauty. Your wonderful photos do capture the beauty of the Mtn. Thank you.

PeePaw link

1/1/2018 11:01:07 am

Seth, Good morning. This was a great start to the year. Love the time laps. Was wondering what you shot that with and your other photos as well. Enjoy greatly keeping up with the blog. Thanks so much for sharing, taking the time to reflect for us and letting many of us be envious we don't have your job.... Thanks, Blessings and hope to cross paths.

Gulf Coast Doug

1/1/2018 11:12:55 am

What an amazing work of artistry capturing that morning sun. Thank you, Seth, And Happy New Year to you and all LeConte lovers for 2018.

Chris Maulden

1/1/2018 11:16:05 am

Happy New Year Seth. Was it your ran into on the trail up to Cliff Tops Saturday morning about 10:00? Didn't get a chance to tell you that your blog is great and photography is even better! Hope your time up top is rewarding and enjoyable. May run into you (again?) in the next few months...

Rick Watson

1/1/2018 11:45:23 am

Just discovered your blog and have enjoyed reading it daily. I have been up 12 times with my pr of 2:45 up and down. Stay warm because there is nothing like winter in the mountains. One of my favorite spots to backpack in the winter is the Shining Rock Wilderness. I was there in 1985 hiked out in -10 degrees before it hit -35 that night. Rick

Janet Noall

1/1/2018 12:00:27 pm

Awesome, thank you !

Doug Weaver

1/1/2018 12:10:02 pm

We came up yesterday to end the year ‘up yonder’. Amazing day, got to meet Guy, from New Orleans. We’ll have to meet you next month Seth! Well actually this month keeping with ‘once a month’ mindset. If the weather is right may crash in shelter. Onward!

P.D

1/1/2018 01:03:02 pm

Absolutely amazing video of sunrise 🌅. Seth you said I would like your blog the last night Leconte was open to guest and You absolutely went way beyond my expectations thank you 😊

Brenda / Yaya

1/1/2018 04:21:55 pm

Stunning- the shear power in that clip.
Happy New Year 2018 !
Isaiah 52:7
Well done Seth, well done.

Donnet

1/1/2018 07:41:34 pm

A newcomer to your blog....what a wonderful place to be, on top of the world! To you and the spirits of the mountains...Happy New Year!

Tammy Henderson

1/1/2018 11:35:27 pm

Thank you for sharing!! Just BEAUTIFUL!!!! Happy New Year!

Lori

1/2/2018 09:45:07 am

Hi! I was just wondering if you have any word if Rainbow Falls has frozen over this year. We went a few years ago and missed it by one day. It broke overnight but it was still a sight to see with all the blue ice chunks.

Toney Smith link

1/3/2018 09:55:40 am

Seth, It was great meeting you on the Rainbow Falls Trail New Year's Day! Stay safe thru the winter and keep up the award winning photography?

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