Part of Appalachian Trail still closed for power line work
April 4, 2021 GMT
PEARISBURG, Va. (AP) A portion of the Appalachian Trail in Virginia remains closed as repairs continue on a power line that went down during an ice storm.
The Roanoke Times reported Sunday that the power line went down in February.
The line goes over an isolated stretch of a mountain on the Giles County-West Virginia border. A 15-mile stretch of the Appalachian Trail has been shut down for safety reasons. The closed area is from where the trail crosses Clendenin Road near Pearisburg to the Pine Swamp Branch Shelter to the north.
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