You won’t want to … Clingmans Dome is the highest point on the AT, and Fontana Dam is the only dam crossing on the AT.

Clingmans Dome also has the range's highest ... heavy annual amounts of precipitation. The mountain is the highest in Tennessee and the third highest in the Appalachian range.

This 7 mile stretch of road often receives heavy snowfall in the winter and intrepid hikers soon realized that it makes a great route for Cross Country Skiing.

The table below shows the average temperature and snowfall at …

At 6,643 feet, Clingmans Dome is the highest elevation in the park.

Nights are cozier at 55°F (12.8°C), and the campsites make for some wonderful stargazing places when the skies are clear. Hard to believe the first snowfall had already passed. Winter is a fickle season in the Smokies. Temperatures can easily vary 10 to 20 degrees Fahrenheit from mountain base to top, and clear skies lower down do not guarantee equally pleasant weather at higher elevations. Rainfall averages 55 inches per year in the lowlands to 85 inches per year at Clingmans Dome. Weather Because of the high elevation at Clingmans Dome, the temperatures run 10-20 degrees colder than the lower elevations. Opening times for the other visitor centers vary from 9:00 a.m. to … What a difference a few weeks makes.

Though Clingman's Dome Road is closed to vehicle traffic from Dec. 1st to Mar. This day would offer many views and a couple of tough spots prior to making it back to the dome. 31st, visitors can still reach the highest peak in the National Park by hiking along the Clingman's Dome Road. Her body was found approximately two miles west of the Clingmans Dome parking area, and 3/4 mile south of the Appalachian Trail. Great trip with great weather. At 6,643 feet, Clingmans Dome is Great Smoky Mountains National Park's highest point.

Clingmans Dome (end of Clingmans Dome Road near the Clingmans Dome trailhead) Cades Cove (at about the halfway point along the Cades Cove Loop Road) Both visitor centers along US-441 open at 8:00 a.m.

Typically this snow melts within a few hours of falling. The road to the summit is closed December-March due to harsh winter weather and 80 inches of average snowfall, as well as other times for bad weather. If you've visited Clingmans Dome during spring, summer, fall, this is what it looks like in winter after snowfall. Besides the trail to the summit, there are several trails that start on Clingmans Dome Road and parking area. The Trail through the Smokies also has the most rainfall and snowfall on the AT.

The hike is about 1 mile round trip. I went back and looked at Michelle's post of the same trip in the middle of October.

Clingmans Dome is a popular Park destination. The temperature at Clingmans Dome generally runs 10-20 degrees cooler than the lower elevations. In the lower elevations, snows of 1" or more occur rather infrequently--usually only a few times each winter.