Landslides

Newfound Gap rd between Gatlinburg, TN and Cherokee, NC is also going to be closed for some serious time. They haven't even given an estimate on this one.





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The Cherohala could be closed for a few months or more.

- http://www.grahamstar.com/articles/2013/01/17/breaking_news/doc50f86f49a2530449359649.txt

 

Just build jumps.

-jim

 

I just got back from an adventure vacation in Mexico. I saw normal traffic routinely driving over stuff that looked worse than that in pickup trucks with beds full of kids. 'Mericans need to HTFU.

 

i know....right....supermoto!!

 

Fuuuuuuck I'm going up in July! Hope it's open then.

 

Yes, I'm sure the Mexican pickups full of kids would have no problem jumping the gap in that first pic but the EPA restricts our pickups so much that we don't have the horsepower without making the kids get out first.

 

What causes it? Looks like it starts right where the ditch on the inboard side of the hill starts. Do they think a drainage ditch without any kind of drainage to the low side is not going to cause issues?

 

About 8" of rain in the last few days caused it, landslides happen in the mountains.

 

That blows. Plenty of time to repair by busy season I would hope.

 

a chunk of the cherohala is gone too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fWch2IyD0Y&feature=player_embedded

plan to go later in the season if possible. or you will be doing up and back runs, with no loops.

Ski

 

A sumo or adventure bike can still ride the "gravel Cherohala" for a loop. ..assuming it'll be open.

 

DAMN! I'm gonna be there mid May with the Duc guys. I love cruising the Cherahola. Beautiful scenery.

 

Fuuuuuuuuuck. Dangit Metal if you hadn't planned a trip none of this would have happened.

 

Gravity

 

Mandatory:
That'll buff right out.

 

That is a lot of rain, I'm just saying everytime I hear of a slide its near a roadway but that may be the key to why you only hear about them at as well. Seems the man made portion doesnt get along with nature, thats more of what i'm questioning.

Thanks Newton.

 

Holy hell the mountains found out Metal was coming and committed suicide.

 

Why couldn't he plan his trip to Tweetsie Railroad later in the year?

 

Asshole.

If the baby wakes up, you're changing her diaper.

 

A few years ago the Pigeon River washed out the EB lanes of I-40 after the remnants of a hurricane passed through.

The Smokey Mountains are a highway builder's nightmare, geologically speaking.