Our Winter Portfolio Collection

Before we welcome spring, let‘s say goodbye to winter

Photo of a Huckleberry Knob campsite in the Unicoi Mountains of North Carolina’s Nantahala National Forest

Spring arrives tomorrow, and with it you’ll receive an email containing our our Spring 2026 digital issue. We can’t wait to share it with you! Printed editions will go out to our Explorer subscribers within the next few weeks.

Tonight’s email breaks away from our usual template so we can revisit our breathtaking Winter 2026 Portfolio collection. Join us as we say goodbye to winter.

A frosty meadow in Cades Cove of Great Smoky Mountains National Park; photo by BetttyS4240

The moon rises over the mountains in Hendersonville, North Carolina; photo by Jared Kay

Tundra swans near Pungo Lake in the Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge in Columbia, North Carolina; photo by Betsy Tucker

Winter leaves; photos by Danielle Angell

Frosted camellia; photo by Danielle Angell

Frosted flowers; photos by Danielle Angell

The winter sun sets on a winding mountain road in Avery County, North Carolina; photo by Eifel Kreutz

Jimmy Red Corn; photo by Oriana Koren