This story has been updated to include information about additional roads being closed and roads reopening. Major roads in Great Smoky Mountains National Park are closed for snow and ice ...

President Trump's hiring freeze forced national parks to rescind more than 2,000 seasonal and permanent positions.

On average, the highest elevations in Great Smoky Mountains National Park get over 100 inches of snow a year. Temperatures 20 degrees below zero are possible. Roads and areas of the popular park ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park reports it has 14 inches at Mount LeConte, which stands at an elevation of 6,593 feet. Newfound Gap in the middle of the 522,427-acre park has 11 inches on the ...