Ordinarily, Limberlost is a 1.2 mile accessible trail, full of hemlocks and mountain
laurel. The day we were there much of the carefully laid gravel had been washed away
and downed trees were everywhere -- all a consequence of Hurricane Fran.
A partial inventory of the damage to the park includes: "13 (inches) of rainfall in 12
hours, wind gusts estimated between 60-80 miles-per-hour, 524 trees down on Skyline
Drive, 3 rock falls scattered across the road, two-to-three trees down per campsite
at Loft Mountain (Mile 79.5). In all, the damage in the Park totalled over $1 million"
(Blue Ridge Outdoors, October 1996).
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