Bonnie with Denny, one of the longest-serving llamas, who is eager for his pancake lunch. Congratulations to Bonnie Northrup on her 400th...

Holly Bryant at High Top: A climb of 5,390 feet from Gatlinburg A year ago, Holly Bryant did not consider herself a hiker. Now, she has...

The Mount Rushmore of Mount Le Conte: Sebnem Pervar (32 ascents), Dewey Slusher (500), Tim Massey (134), Dana Schroeder (42), Gavin...

Dewey is famous for hiking in shorts, even in wintry weather. Dewey Slusher climbed Mount Le Conte 14 times February after 12 in January,...

This photo by Seth O'Shields shows Dave Landreth climbing the Roaring Fork branch, which leads from Grotto Falls to Basin Spring at...

LeConte Lodge's centennial season has been marked by some monumental hiking accomplishments. For the first time in 33 years, two men...

Dewey Slusher with John Northrup (hauling a backload of T-shirts). As of Nov. 19, the leading active hikers on Mount Le Conte are Larry...

Sales of LeConte's Holy Grail have kept John Northrup on the trails. Congratulations to John Northrup for breaking one of Ed Wright's...

Brad Gibson and Charlie Hammack hiked all six Mount Le Conte trails on Saturday, Oct. 19--the third time they've teamed up for the Tour...

Notable signees ahead of Larry Russell: Bonnie Northrup 370, Sandy Martin 159 Only three men have climbed Mount Le Conte 100 times in a...

Congratulations to Adam Gravett, who made his 100th climb of Mount Le Conte with a day hike on his 57th birthday on Saturday, Sept. 21....

Conquering the darkness to complete the third ascent By Lauren Hughes When I first began thinking about attempting the Tour De Le Conte,...

Bonnie Northrup of the LeConte Lodge crew completed the vertical mile on Sept. 6. Starting from the riverside at the Gatlinburg Aquarium,...

An excerpt from "LeConte Lodge / A Centennial History,," on the 1924 expedition to Mount Le Conte by the Southern National Park Commission.

A total of 1,406 ascents: Larry Russell 547, Bonnie Northrup 359, and John Northrup 500. When we established the LeContest honor roll, we...

Dewey Slusher has ascents of 33 and 45 miles Novice hikers frequently ask: "What's the shortest way to Mount Le Conte.?" Rather than...

For the fifth time in three years, Scott Anderson has hiked all of Mount Le Conte's trails in a 24-hour span. He's now the all-time...

The intrepid Dewey Slusher has climbed Le Conte 440 times, but he had never attempted all the trails in a single day until June 14. Dewey...

Larry Russell reached a Le Conte milestone on April 27, when he logged his 500th hike up the mountain. Larry's lifetime total wasn't the...

We have a parade of Le Conte hikers headed into the International Peak-Baggers Hall of Fame. This is an honor bestowed by "Baggers...