2 nights at LeConte Lodge in the Smoky Mountains (Rainbow Falls to Bullhead Trail)
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- Опубліковано 24 лип 2024
- We stayed 2 nights at LeConte Lodge on Mt LeConte. We hiked up Rainbow Falls trail and down Bullhead trail. We got to experience sunrise at Myrtle Point and sunset at Cliff Tops. We also saw the llamas!
Video Chapters:
Rainbow Falls trail 00:00
LeConte Lodge 06:14
Sunrise at Myrtle Point 12:18
Sunset at Cliff Tops 16:50
Llama train 21:47
2021 LeConte shirts 24:10
Bullhead trail 25:38
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JUST Unbelievable !!! thanks for taking us along!!!❤👍👍👍👍👍
Thank you for tbe beautiful sunrise and majestic mountain views! 😊
Lol I’m rolling in the floor , I hear your husband in the back ground “MY GOD THATS BEAUTIFUL “ lol I’ll be there this week! Thanks for sharing
Loved the Cliff Tops sunset! ❤
It's a great thing you doing when you get old and look back in time ☺️ have a great time together 😁😃👌
Another beautiful video of your journey. Can't believe that there were snap dragons flowers. Pretty cool.
Bull Head is brutal! Trillium Gap is really nice. Been to Mt. LeConte several times in the 1990s by every route. Longest was from Newfound Gap/Boulevard but was the most amazing route.
What a wonderful video? For all the times we’ve trekked up to the lodges (always taking the Alum Cave Bluff Trail) we’ve never stayed at the lodges. Always looked around, picnicked, and headed back down. Loved your documenting the lodges, meals, hikes, sunrise, all in an excellent video. The last time we hiked up there we had to make the trek in the rain but still loved every minute. Thank you for posting! Subscribed.
The llamas were adorable!!! Happy to see you both out there hiking
I don't know how I missed this video but I'm glad I found it! The views you captured were absolutely gorgeous!
Thanks for sharing! Definitely high on my list of things I want to do.
Such a beautiful place! What a great adventure! 🤗🌿🌲🦙
Thank you for sharing your adventures, one of my favorite places to stay! Your videos bring a smile to my face when I'm stuck in Indiana and miss the great outdoors.
I have been inspired for this hike now
Love watching you guys! Great views!
A very delightful, well made video. Thank you for sharing your experience. 😊
Good Sunday morning.....
This is the way to hike--roof over your head at night. Really great video. Loved the trail shots--lots of variety as you hiked up and back down-- the details like flowers and water, and spectacular views. Thanks for doing this.
It's amazing seeing how much growth there's been in that burnt area! Hiked this probably two years ago and it was almost completely barren then minus a handful of saplings
Beautiful scenery! Love that area and all the amazing nature it has!
So glad I found your channel
I love your sense of humor and you are definitely inspiring!
I hiked the Alum Cave Trail there back in September. Loved it.
Great video now this is another thing I’ve added to my bucket list! ❤️
Braids back on trail ,lama's ,snakes and bears come to trail for meet and greet. Enjoyed!
Awesome video Mrs Braids...want to do that exact trip...gonna have to save up a while...wheew...shocked when I saw the $...You guys are great, thanks for sharing....
Great video!! Miss your daily videos!! Good to see you and Jerry!
Well kiddo ya still got it! This vid was outstanding! The sunrise and sunsets were just spectacular and the llamas were so cute!!! Great to see you and Jerry hiking in the Smokies!!! 🥰👍🙏🏻⛰🏔😊
Great beautiful and informative video...keep them coming!!!
We stayed up there in 2019 in a private cabin. Sunset at Clifftops and sunrise at Myrtle Point. What an experience. The staff works so hard.
Just found your channel. Great video, the views, wildflowers, it was all so beautiful. Your photography really shows the beauty of those mountains. Looking forward to seeing more of your videos.
Loved your video. Hey Jerry! I hiked up to Mount LeConte years ago and stayed in a cabin. It has expanded a lot. Love seeing you . Mama Bear
We went 87 thru 89 and they updated it and made it more tourists like!
Beautiful scenery and views. The sunrise was amazing!
So good seeing you again. Looks like an amazing place. You look happy!
Your video is wonderful! So fun! We just got married last month and spent a few days in that area for our honeymoon and are talking of next year's trip for our anniversary already! We talked of staying up there and seeing the llama train. Your video sealed it for us getting to see what it's like from someone's point of view! :)
So glad to see you and Jerry hiking. Trails to LeConte are beautiful. Thanks for showing the cabin and food served on your trip. We plan to hike to LeConte next year. Will be looking for your next video.
Y'all inspire me!! I would love to get out and hike more. But since I can't I enjoy sitting in bed after a long shift and watch your videos. Sometimes I feel like I'm right there hiking with you. Some of the spots I know very well and some I don't I wish to see them all one-day. When I have really bad days and bad calls on rescue I relax with videos of the Smokies just to take me away to my happy place camping with my family hiking to the top of the world to see what he has created for us all to enjoy time and time again. Again thank you so much for your videos they have helped me mentally countless times.
Mount LeConte, Great Smoky Mountain lovin Wisconsinite watching. Hiked this but never stayed at the lodge. Hoping to soon!
So much great stuff! What a treat that you caught the llamas on their way up. Thanks for sharing your vacation with us!
LeConte is an awesome place. I hiked up The Alum Cave trail to LeConte last fall. Tough hike, but definitely worth it. Wish I would have booked a cabin, but didn't even realize this was avaiable. Will have to do this hike again in the future and definitely stay the night and also pick up a T-shirt that I forget to get while there.
Awesome!
I’m going in September for my first overnight!♥️🥾🎒⛺️
Amazing view, I envy y'all.
You all are awesome
Lovely to see you on the trail again! Blessings!
My parents have reservations for next year. They are excited!
Great video! Been missing your videos. Thank you so much.
Thanks for sharing that beautiful scenery! Love the llamas, we visited late fall 4 years ago and got up super early and hiked with our three year old to Grotto Falls in order to see the llamas go under the falls. It was surreal! The sunrise and sunsets you captured are amazing! Great to see another trail video and you two having so some fun again!
Cool video. I've always wanted to got o Mt Leconte Lodge. Thanks for showing the maps and explaining everything. If I ever go I'll be prepared with my puffy in August! Neat hikes for sunrise and sunset.
Marvelous! Have been to LeConte a couple of times but never spent the night. You really had an amazing trip. The pictures were beautiful especially the sunset and sunrise. Keep on hiking and letting us come along with you. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for this! Somehow you remind us to hope and enjoy life as we should. Sweet vid
That is a beautiful area.
Awesome 👍
Glad to see you back on trail.
I have always wanted to stay there. May need to try it t next year.
Amazing views. It's great to see a new hiking video from you.👣😎👍☮️
Massachusetts is in the house Ya'll...
Beautiful video. Four of us hiked Trillium Gap trail up and spent the night Halloween of 2017 and this video makes me want to go again. Thank you for the awesome views.
Thank you, Braids! Glad that you and Gerry had a good time, and for your video. I remember bypassing Mt. Leconte after Charlie's Bunion this spring and wondering what the attraction was, if any. Looks like a great place to visit in the near future with my wife, who hasn't hiked with me in 20 years.
Cool Video, Happy New Year !
I'm in a group that stays at the Lodge every year in August. I stayed in the same room y'all are in last year. Im hiking up on Boulevard this weekend. Thanks for sharing!
We were there at the end of June this year. Loved it! We went up Trillium Gap. That trail cleared out after we got by Grotto Falls to. We did that trail for the Lamas as well. Wish the dinning room was open. Will go back in a couple of years. Thanks for the video! Need to put mine together.
Great video, Braids!! I did this hike in May of 2020 when a lot of places in the park were still restricted, due to Covid, including the Alum Cave Trail. I decided to go hike up Rainbow Falls Trail to the falls, not planning on going further, much less to LeConte Lodge. However, to the lodge I went. It had been re-opened for only 4 days, and I do not believe that any one was staying there. I bought a magnet at the store. I was thinking about taking the Trillium Gap Trail down. It was on a Thursday, and I knew that the Llama Train traditionally comes up on this day of the week. However, I ended up going down the Bullhead Trail too. There were a number of downed trees and I gave one of the them a piece of skin from my leg and I now have a nice scar. Great memories!! :) Greetings from Washington state!!
Awesome Video🥰
4:49 The Burnt Trees. 22:14 Llamas. 29:05 Pulpit BullHead. 30:40 Last Look 👀. Great Video Folks !
Great video! Stayed at the shelter, but not the lodge. Saw your Art Loeb video and I was there at the same time, hate I didn't run into you. Keep them coming, love all your videos!
Hey great video! We are going November 1st and can’t wait. New sub
It was so nice seeing all your adventures and all u get to experience so many memories u know I was thinking as u were going through those trails and seeing that sun rise u could see God everywhere in everything he created up there and the llamas where cute for sure glad u r fortunate enough to get to do all these outings love u both🥰
We love you Frankie. ❤️
It is so good to see this video. We were concerned about y'all. Missed seeing your videos while you were on your trip. I sent you an email not long ago but guess you didn't receive it. We hope to see many more videos and posts. God bless you both. Love the Hunts from West Tn. :)
she dosent reply to anyone shes selfish..self centerd...narsissist...up and left her family for the trail for mental health lol
I Love your Video
LeConte is expensive! I stayed up near the shelter 1 night as I made my way through the Smokies
My wife and I did this back in April. It was the first weekend of the season that they were open. It was a bit cold and we even got some snow. We took the Alum Cave Trail. We also stayed at the lodge.
Love the video!! Hiking to LeConte is on my bucket list. Thanks for sharing!! Always look forward to your videos. 🙂 Oh...how much are the LeConte tshirts?
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Enjoyed your video! I really appreciate all the close-ups of the wild flowers. What time of year did you like this?
Great video! It looks beautiful there. Did you know you would be sharing a cabin before you arrived there?
You two are silly turning around to get T-shirts. I also like getting a t-shirt from places that we have visited.
Great to see you and Jerry hiking together. What a nice trip! On my bucket list. For someone in their 60s who hikes, but not in tip top shape, which trails up Le Conte and down do you recommend as most manageable, not as challenging?
shes a selfish self centerd narsissist woman that talks about mental health, and isnt worried about replying to you at all and your feelings. good comment tho
@@ralphstock2364 interesting take. Is talking about mental health a bad thing to you? You didn't really ADD anything to the conversation besides typos. Good comment tho.
Great positivity and it's a shame no one else here could match it before today apparently. I'd use Alum Cave trail, which is still 5 miles with 2700' of elevation gain. You'll want to plan ahead for parking, though. In popular times, that parking lot fills up really fast and sometimes the cars are there for days.
@@seankramer8525 thanks for the info!
The Bullhead trail looks like it has some great views, but reading about it it’s said to be least favorite trail to, from LeConte. What are your thoughts?
hey its jerry the weenie lol
Planning to hike up Rainbow and Down Bullhead as a day hike. Might be biting off more than I can chew but going to give it a shot. How long did it take you to go up Rainbow and likewise come down Bullhead? We plan to do this June 4th.
Looks amazing..how do you rent those cabins ? Looks like fun.
Would you recommend taking all your water (not what I normally do so I avoid the weight) or plenty of water along the trail to filter? Rainbow falls trail
It might depend on the time of year but I'd say carry at least 1- 2 liters and a filter too.
When you arrive at one trailhead and leave on another trail, how do you get back to your car? Asking for personal reference when I go
When you stayed on Mt. LaConte. You were actually on top of a US top secret, underground base! That whole mountain is covered with listening devices, pressure sensitive devices, video cameras that see in all visions. ect. Top secret though. It was originally built to protect the president in case of nuclear war.
Trying to train to go next year, never hiked like you, just turned 60, been walking 3-4 days a week 3-5 miles. Which trail do you recommend for beginners?
Hey Braids...I’m digging Jerry’s shoes! Are those trail runners or just regular running shoes? Make and model? Thanks...Nice vid.
Hoka One Speed Goat 4 trail runners.
I realize this video was posted months ago but where did you get your map of the trails? Do I need to contact the park? Thanks
You can get them at the visitors centers for $1 or you may be able to order one from the park online.
It's always cool at 6000 feet.
Don't know why the hyphen kept going through the text.
Are Allen and Christie still driving the llama train?
I would love you to do this! Are dogs allowed at the lodge?
So, in order to get to the Lodge you have to hike up? Just curious thanks
Yes you have to hike up. There’s 6 trails you can take and the shortest one is 5.5 miles one way.
@@HikingwithBraids Thank you for a fast reply it is appreciated. God Bless
What time of the year did you do this?
It was in July
Does it creep you out when strangers recognize you on the trail. I passed y’all on this trail the other day but decided not to be creepy, lol. Thanks for your videos,
Not at all! Feel free to say hi 👋
Are dogs allowed at the lodge?
So infested ...🚔🚑🚑