Appalachian Ranger District Hurricane Helene Updated Closures

TR 172 Elk Falls Trail Elk Falls Road

TR 161 Big Butt

TR 170 Snowball Trail to Hawkbill Rock (trail closed beyond Hawkbill Rock to the old fire tower site)

All Trails and Roads not listed in the closed list are OPEN!

Murray Branch Picnic Area

Stackhouse Boat Launch

All Trails and Roads are OPEN!

Appalachian Trail- Carver’s Gap and TR1- 08AT- *See AT Detour on Alerts Site*

Roan Mountain Day Use Area

FSR 130-Roan Mountain Road

TR 1000 Cloudland TR 1002 Roan Mtn. Gardens

TR1-08 Appalachian Trail

TR 161 Big Butt

TR 177 Woody Ridge

TR 178 Colbert Ridge

TR 179 Black Mountain Crest – entire trail is now open; Bolens Creek to Deep Gap portion was reopened in May 2025 and now Deep to Mt. Mitchell State Park is re-opened.

TR 190- Mt. Mitchell and TR 440 Mountains to Sea Trail partially open from Mt. Mitchell State Park to Commissary Ridge (closed from Commissary Ridge to Black Mtn Campground/TH)

TR 188 Devils Creek

TR 191A Big Tom Gap

TR 191- Buncombe Horse Trail- Partially open from Maple Camp Bald to the intersection with Mount Mitchell State Park’s Commissary Trail; Closed from the Buncombe Horse Trailhead near Colbert’s Creek to Maple Camp Bald and closed from the junction of Mt. Mitchell State Park’s Commissary Trail to the intersection with the Mountains to Sea Trail to the South Toe Trailhead on FSR 472 (South Toe River Road)

TR 195 Roaring Fork Falls

TR 196 Lost Cove

FSR 472A Busick

FSR 5529 Roaring Fork

FSR 5520 Roaring Fork Ext.

FSR 5578 Bowlen's Creek

Carolina Hemlocks Campground

TR 162 Douglas Falls

TR 166 Elk Pen

TR 165 Walker Creek

TR 170 Snowball (after Hawkbill Rock to the old fire site is closed. Snowball to Hawkbill Rock is open.)

TR 174 Little Andy

TR 173 Upper Corner Rock

TR 175 Perkins

TR 176 Bear Pen

TR 183 Staire Creek

FSR 63 Stoney Fork

FSR 63A Hawksbill Creek

FSR 74 Big lvy (Coleman Boundary)

FSR 231 Lower Staire

FSR 233 Haynes Road (Also Called Hurricane Creek)

FSR 3573 Hurricane Spur

FSR 288 Buzzard Roost Road- If the gates are closed, that portion of road is closed.

Poplar Boat Launch

TR 182 Green Knob

TR 186 Bald Knob Ridge

TR 190 Mt. Mitchell- partially closed from Commissary Ridge to Black Mountain Campground/TH

TR 190A Higgins Bald

TR 191 Buncombe Horse- Closed from the Buncombe Horse Trailhead near Colbert’s Creek to Maple Camp Bald and closed from the junction of Mt. Mitchell State Park’s Commissary Trail to the intersection with the Mountains to Sea Trail to the South Toe Trailhead on FSR 472 (South Toe River Road)

TR 192 Devil’s Den Nature

TR 197 Setrock

TR 200 South River Loop

TR 200A North River Loop

TR 201 S. Toe Fishing

TR 1006 Briar Bottom Bike

FSR 472 South Toe River

FSR 472F Black Mtn

FSR 5544 Briar Bottom

FSR 2074 Neals Creek

FSR 5511 Seven Mile Ridge

FSR 5500A Hunt Camp

Black Mountain Campground

Briar Bottom Campground

Ray Mine