Great Smoky Mountains NP 4K (Part IV): Cades Cove, Abrams Falls Trail, Coyote, Mama Bear w/ 3 Cubs!!

Описание: On this September trip to the Great Smoky Mountains, we visit Shenandoah National Park, Skyline Drive, James Madison University, Pigeon Forge & Gatlinburg Tennessee, Cades Cove, Fontana Dam (North Carolina), The Devil's Tail, and much more.

We hike some of the Smokies' most iconic hikes (Chimney Tops, Clingman's Dome, The Appalachian Trail, Mount Collins, Abrams Falls, Alum Cave, and an awesome overnight backpacking/packrafting trip to camp on an island in the middle of Fontana Dam in North Carolina.

There is a lot more exploring of the local area in this video series than many of our other, more wilderness-centric, series. As you'll see, it was basically impossible to ignore the wild and wonderful surrounding area of the Great Smoky Mountain National Park.

This fifth video in the series finds half of noBear heading out to the iconic section of Great Smoky Mountain National Park known as Cades Cove. We also take a hike down the Abrams Falls Trail, which offered a nice respite from the warm summer day… as well as some swimming.

We saw some magical things this day, in terms of wildlife. Bugling Elk herds, a very curious coyote, and maybe one of the rarest things noBear has ever seen… a mama black bear with 3 cubs!! It’s unusual for a bear to have so many cubs of the year in her litter. We were able to get up close and personal for this magical experience.

As always, enjoy and we hope it inspires some of you to walk on some of the same paths. –
Sincerely, noBear (Buldo, Evan, Drew, Austin, Connor, Steve, & Will)