The Chimney Tops trail runs close to 3.8 miles total, but its short length belies a genuine challenge as hikers face hundreds of stairs en route to the new viewing point.

Chimney Tops and more. The Chimney Tops trail is between 3,300 and 4,800 feet in elevation, which makes late October the ideal time to enjoy the changing colors of the trail’s leaves.

For more than 10 months, bright orange barriers have blocked the trail head to one of the most popular hikes inside Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Chimney Tops is typically one of the most ...

Chimney Tops in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park was the starting point of a wildfire on Nov. 23 that eventually became the blaze that raced through 17,000 acres, damaging or destroying ...

One of the Great Smoky Mountains most iconic trails, which has been closed since last November's devastating wildfires, will reopen on October 6. The fire caused heavy damage to the Chimney Tops ...

In a Thursday, July 31, 2014 photo, Eric Wood, assistant crew chief with Trails Forever, chisels the edge of a rock before it's used as a walking path on the Chimney Tops Trail in the Great Smoky ...

Under intensive restoration for the past three years, the $450,000 project was all the handiwork of the Trails Forever Crew, trail workers who are funded through the Friends of the Smokies' Trails ...

The Friends of the Smokies will host the November Classic Hike of the Smokies on the newly reconstructed Chimney Tops Trail Nov. 10, but you have to sign up by Nov. 5.

Under intensive restoration for the past three years, the $450,000 project was all the handiwork of the Trails Forever Crew, trail workers who are funded through the Friends of the Smokies' Trails ...

On Thursday, WATE 6 On Your Side Anchor Kristin Farley was able to take a look at the damage in the Chimney Tops first hand as officials allowed the media to hike up the trail for the first time.

The Chimney Tops Trail is open and one of the most popular hikes in the park. However, like Gatlinburg and the Smoky Mountains, it is also forever changed by the wildfires.

News crews were able to survey the damage in the Chimney Tops first hand Thursday as officials allowed the media to hike up the trail for the first time since it was closed due to the Sevier County… ...