Great Smoky Mountains National Park remains open amid the ongoing federal government shutdown, allowing visitors to enjoy popular areas this fall. One of those areas will temporarily close, but not ...

KODAK, Tenn. — Online registration for the third annual Cades Cove Lope Lope, the only footrace in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, opens at 10 a.m. Tuesday, July 16. Participation is limited to ...

Friends of the Smokies didn’t call it a run for the money, but they could have. The initial estimate of funds raised at the third annual Cades Cove Loop Lope was a record-breaking $96,000. After ...

GATLINBURG, Tenn. (WATE) – The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is reminding park visitors access to Cades Cove will be delayed on Sunday until 11 a.m. for the annual Cades Cove Loop Lope. The ...

GATLINBURG, Tenn. (WATE) — Registration for the only organized footrace in the Smokies is set to open for participants next month ahead of the November event. The Friends of the Great Smoky Mountains ...

Press release from Friends of the Smokies: KODAK, TN – Runners, on your marks and mark your calendars! At the Knoxville Marathon last Sunday, the Knoxville Track Club announced that Friends of the ...

Registration is now open for the fifth annual Cades Cove Loop Lope 5K and 10-mile race, the only footrace in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Information and registration about the Nov. 14 event ...

GATLINBURG, Tenn. (WATE) — Cades Cove Loop Road will be closed on Sunday, November 10 until 11 a.m. for the Friends of the Smokies annual Loop Lope footrace, according to the National Park Service.