Day trip to the mountains

[Catamount79]

Originally Posted by rzvmcwmkxyw

I meant west of Mt Mitchell park for the closing of Blue Ridge Parkway.Can't go from Mt mitchell west to Asheville or from Asheville to Mt Mitchell park. Travellers have to take the roundabout way.There may be alternate routes

wow they must have closed sometime during the week...i drove that route last weekend. Glad to hear you had a good time.

[leeohana]

Did anyone do the drive up to the mountains this week? How were the colors? Would it be too late to drive up next weekend for fall color viewing?

[nail in da coffin]

Picasa Web Albums - rsqm3 - Mountainsthis is the link to the mountains pictures

[cgballer]

Originally Posted by leeohana

Did anyone do the drive up to the mountains this week? How were the colors? Would it be too late to drive up next weekend for fall color viewing?

I think it might be. We went to Cherokee and stayed in Gatlinburg and the leaves in the higher elevations are pretty much gone. They are still nice around Gatlinburg but ~60% of the leaves have already dropped.

[cakeprincess]

Originally Posted by leeohana

Did anyone do the drive up to the mountains this week? How were the colors? Would it be too late to drive up next weekend for fall color viewing?

We just went to the moutains yesterday (Sunday, November 11th) and yes, all of the leaves are gone due to winds. Once you get top of the mountain, you can still be able to see colorfull fall foliage below the mountain. Pisagh National Forest is very colorful. Blue Ridge Parkway is, too. One thing I didn't expect was to be so fearful while driving on the moutain edges. You have to drive zig-zag on a narrow road without rails in order to reach the mountain top. We were at Grandfather Mountain and it was scary, but worth it.