Smokey mountains questions

[MuddyWaters]

All in all for the highest elev most used trail in GSMNP the AT isn't all that jaw dropping scenic.

What's so magical about those particularly 72 miles? Some will pt to those AT GSMNP highlights I mentioned. Those can all be had by incorporating the AT into an 80 mile hike but not limiting yourself to the AT.

Well, vistas arent the only scenery.
The smokies are one of the most biodiverse places in the world.

The dark boreal fir and spruce forests area like something out of a fairy tale.

Theres as many yet undocumented species, as documented, or more.

And the few views....are good ones.



If someone doesnt appreciate gsmnp.....their reasons for hiking must be different from mine.