Parts of the parkway are open after Tropical Storm Helene, but major sections remain closed after the storm. Here's what to know.

Unlike previous years, visitors who travel the Blue Ridge Parkway will still need to navigate some closures along the route due to devastation from Hurricane Helene.

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — New numbers from Blue Ridge Parkway officials showed a sharp decline of visitors coming to the mountains after Hurricane Helene, ABC affiliate WLOS reported. Last September, more than 1.6 million people visited the parkway. That number dropped by more than half in October to 739,000.

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - Much of the Blue Ridge Parkway is still closed. Many of you have been emailing in to WDBJ7, wondering why that is. A spokesperson for the parkway says the recent winter storms we’ve had are to blame as they caused more damage than Hurricane Helene did in some of the Virginia areas on the parkway.

National Park Service administrators issued a memo March 5 stating visitation statistics would not be publicized by national parks.

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