It’s that first afternoon that feels like snow. That westerly breeze that leaves no doubt a new season is about to arrive. Our contributing photographers were there to capture it.
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Brent McGuirt
The last light of sunset illuminates a sparkling layer of rime ice on Spy Rock near Montebello on Virginia’s Appalachian Trail.
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Mike Koenig
Early snow at Duggers Creek Falls, Newland, North Carolina.
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Joshua Moore
Bucky Cooper Park in Church Hill, Tennessee, offers a view of a small farm in an adjacent field. It had snowed a little bit the night before in the higher elevations, which gave a nice contrast to the fall foliage.
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Robert Stephens
Fiery red leaves contrast with snow-powdered evergreens on a late autumn day at Mingus Mill, in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Cherokee, North Carolina.
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Bill Lea
Frost-covered trees on Clingmans Dome frame a view of distant fall colors of Great Smoky Mountains National Park (North Carolina).
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Dana Foreman
Hoarfrost covers the trees with both whimsy and drama near the Craggy Mountains on the Blue Ridge Parkway at milepost 350 in North Carolina.
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J. Scott Graham
Departing regularly from downtown Gatlinburg, Tennessee, Ober Gatlinburg’s 120-passenger aerial tramway provides breathtaking views of the Great Smoky Mountains along its 2.1-mile journey.
The story above appears in our November/December 2019 issue. For more, subscribe today or log in to the digital edition with your active digital subscription. Thank you for your support!