>>2464430People are just astonishingly stupid, both the ones who show up at peak time in great weather and expect an empty attraction and the ones who complain about the crowd.
This Google pic was basically the scene at Clingman’s Dome when I emerged from the trail yesterday (you can hop onto the path that leads to it from the AT if you’re going to the parking lot). It’s one of the biggest attractions in one of the most busy National Parks (14.1 million visitors per year, compared to Zion’s 5 million). It really do he like that.