The Bluffs Coffee Shop and Lodge Closed For The Season

I noticed when I posted the 2011 schedule yesterday the the Bluffs facilities were closed for the new season.

Last year there were a number of stories in the press that were covering the problems the Park Service was having with finding someone to contract for these facilities. It looks like it will be a [...]

Parkway Repaves Portions of Linville Falls Picnic Area (U.S. National Park Service)

Date: July 22, 2010

(Linville, NC) Beginning the week of August 2, 2010, TAB Construction Company, Inc. will conduct contract work to repave the road into the Linville Falls Picnic Area of the Blue Ridge Parkway and two of the picnic area parking loops. The contract work is funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment [...]

Blue Ridge Parkway – Parkway Travel Advisory in Asheville Area (U.S. National Park Service)

Date: July 21, 2010

Blue Ridge Parkway Travel Advisory Revised

(Asheville, NC)  The daily closures scheduled for this week for corridor tree trimming and hazard tree work on sections of the Blue Ridge Parkway, from Milepost 393 to Milepost 383, have changed.  The current closure schedule is as follows:

·         Milepost 393.5, the [...]

Blue Ridge Parkway Road Closures

IN NORTH CAROLINA, the road is closed at the following area

MP 399.7 (Bad Fork Valley Overlook) to MP 405 (NC 151) – Asheville Area.

Due to heavy rains, engineers have determined that a high risk of slides exists in the area, necessitating this emergency closure. The closure will be in place until early July.

For [...]