A big storm in December of 2022 closed Shenandoah National Park due to all of the blowdowns on the entire Skyline Drive. Starting in January of 2023 PATC members from the Southern Shenandoah Valley Chapter and the Charlottesville Chapter organized work trips together to help SNP crews clear the roadway. The tasks included chainsawing, pulling blowdowns next to the road, and putting branches in chippers. Following are a few photos from the work trips led by Jim Fye on January 5 and led by Marit Anderson and Mark Perschel on January 11. There were 12 members from SSVC and Charlottesville PATC on the first trip and 6 members on the second trip. More trips are being planned and the park is slowly opening segments of the park, but there is still much work to be done! Many thanks to all of the volunteers.
