http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog Enjoy the Smokies Courtesy of the Great Smoky Mountains Association! Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:38:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/tornado-damage-in-the-park/ http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/tornado-damage-in-the-park/#comments Tue, 24 May 2011 18:49:43 +0000 admin http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/?p=2094 Even the mountains couldn’t escape the historic severe weather that occurred during the “Super Outbreak” of late April. The park has had to close several trails and portions of trails on the west end of the park during clean-up. To see some of the damage on the closed trails and the path of destruction from Look Rock tower, watch this video.


Updated trail closure map (May 31, 2011)
- Ace Gap Trail is now open.


Updated trail closure map (June 24, 2011)
Now Open:
- The entire length of Abrams Falls Trail
- The entire length of Little Bottoms Trail
- Hatcher Mountain Trail between Abrams Falls Trail and Little Bottoms Trail
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