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USDA Forest Service’s Ed Wright catches up with Adventure Damascus Bicycles owner Michael Wright in his shop Many local businesses like his are relying on the Virginia Creeper Trail restoration work to bring tourism and customers back to the area after Hurricane Helene’s devastation.
On September 28, 2024, Hurricane Helene made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane. The intensity and size of this storm created an immense swath of damage across, destroying vast portions of the Virginia Creeper Trail, a 34.3-mile, mixed-use trail that runs along old railroad beds and bridges in southwestern Virginia. Roughly 17 miles of the trail traverses the Mount Rogers National Recreation Area, managed by the U.S. Forest Service.
446 days later, on December 18, 2025, Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin, USDA Forest Service Chief Tom Schultz, joined other dignitaries to break ground in Damascus, Virginia, for a project to repair trails, bridges, and roads destroyed during the storm.
(Forest Service photo by Preston Keres)
| Date Taken: | 12.20.2025 |
| Date Posted: | 01.20.2026 12:32 |
| Photo ID: | 9484412 |
| VIRIN: | 251220-O-LX350-9640 |
| Resolution: | 3840x2160 |
| Size: | 779.96 KB |
| Location: | US |
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