Great Smoky Mountains National Park Podcasts & Blog » Look Rock 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 Tornado Damage in the Park 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 tornado damage viewed from Look Rock 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
]]> http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/tornado-damage-in-the-park/feed/ 17 GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK Bad Smoke in the Smokies http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/forest-fire/ http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/forest-fire/#comments Thu, 31 May 2007 17:30:48 +0000 admin http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/?p=256 Here’s the view today from the Look Rock Webcam. Looks pretty smoky doesn’t it?

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It’s an 800 acre fire with a new little sister fire started, the NPS thinks, by lightning during an all-to-brief shower!! Not enough water to help, but lightning to set another fire?!? Bad luck.

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