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Photo By Tommy Stafford : ©2010 www.nelsoncountylife.com : A lone car or two travles south on a snowpacked Route 151 Thursday afternoon.

Nelson Gets First Widespread Snow Of The Season – Schools Closed Again Friday

[ 1 ] December 16, 2010

ShareNelson County, Virginia Updated 5:30 PM EDT : Nelson County Public Schools will be closed on Friday 12.17.10 due to snow and ice. Though Nelson County has already seen a dusting of snow this season, Thursday’s was the first widespread appreciable snow so far. The snow began just after daylight and continued for much of [...]

©2010 www.nelsoncountylife.com : A view looking south on the Blue Ridge Parkway at the intersection of Route 664 at Reed's Gap in Feburary 2010.

The Blue Ridge Parkway Road Report Is Back For Winter

[ 0 ] December 6, 2010

ShareBlue Ridge Parkway Nelson County, Virginia Who could ever forget the winter of 2009-2010? We sure haven’t! Regardless of the winter in the valley, it can be brutal up in the mountains along the Blue Ridge Parkway. So just how do you know if it’s open between the gates or not? You check our our [...]

The Blue Ridge Parkway is now totally open for the first time in months. Winter weather has pretty much kept the parkway closed since December 19, 2009.

Blue Ridge Parkway Reopens After Months of Winter Weather Closure : 3.17.10

[ 0 ] March 17, 2010

ShareBlue Ridge Parkway Nelson County, Virginia For the first time in months, all of The Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia is now open. The December 19th blizzard shut the parkway down for weeks. It briefly opened for a few days then another series of storms kept it closed in Nelson until Tuesday of this week [...]

©2010 www.nelsoncountylife.com : Photos By Tommy Stafford : Deep drifting snow blocks the road as far as the eye can see looking south on the BRP from Reeds Gap. Click any photo to enlarge.

Blue Ridge Parkway A Long Way From Clearing : 2.22.10

[ 1 ] February 22, 2010

ShareBlue Ridge Parkway Nelson County, Virginia Lots of locals and many visitors use the Blue Ridge Parkway as a means of getting around a little quicker, even in the winter months when it’s open. The BRP hasn’t been open very much since the December 19th snow that dumped 2 feet and then some along the [...]

Photo By Yvette Stafford : ©2010 www.nelsoncountylife.com : Cars line up for about a mile on Route 151 south of Martins Store Monday afternoon when a quick 2 inches of snow fell across the county.

Two Inches, Too Much! : 2.16.10

[ 0 ] February 16, 2010

ShareNelson County, Virginia It wasn’t much and it didn’t last very long, but it was just enough to cause a bunch of headaches Monday across Nelson County. Snow began falling Monday morning in the area and by noon most roads were covered, slick, and hazardous. This starts the third week that Nelson County Public Schools [...]

Photo By Ann Strober : ©2010 www.nelsoncountylife.com : High winds blow snowfall from Monday night through the trees in Nellysford, Virginia. Click to enlarge.

Windy & Very Hazardous Start To The Day In Nelson : 2.10.10

[ 1 ] February 10, 2010

ShareNelson County, Virginia Around 3-5 inches of snow fell overnight in Nelson County, Virginia. No new story there, it’s one of many snows this winter season. But people in Nelson awoke to very gusty winds blowing the snow all over the place. Ann Strober of Nellysford grabbed this shot Wednesday morning of the wind driven [...]

Photo By Tommy Stafford : ©2010 www.nelsoncountylife.com : A driver cruises down a nearly deserted Route 151 just south of Nellysford, Virginia early Friday morning.

Storm Arrives On Cue : Roads Becoming Hazardous : 20-30″ By Sat Night : 2.5.10

[ 4 ] February 5, 2010

ShareNelson County, Virginia As we have been forecasting for the past several days, a major snowstorm started around daylight Friday and is expected to continue until Saturday night when the snow will finally end from west to east. To make matters worse, winds are expected to pick up after midnight Friday into Saturday, blowing the [...]

All Photos ©2010 www.nelsoncountylife.com : By Tommy Stafford : Danny Watson co-owner of Wintergreen Hardware in Nellysford, Virginia shovels snow with daughter Noel early Saturday morning. Click any photos to enlarge.

Digging Out : Nelson Gets Hammered 2nd Time This Winter : Photos : 1.30.10

[ 2 ] January 30, 2010

ShareNelson County, Virginia For the second time in just a little over a month Nelson County and much of Virginia has been slammed again with a significant snowfall. As of 1PM Saturday, a Winter Storm Warning continued and heavy snow was falling all across the area. Roads conditions across the area are described as slick [...]

©2009 www.nelsoncountylife.com : Photo By Tommy Stafford : Though most primary roads in Nelson are now clear, plenty of snow remains off of the roads and in the mountains.

Nelson Roads In Much Better Shape : 12.23.09

[ 0 ] December 23, 2009

ShareNelson County, Virginia After last weekend’s major snowfall across Nelson and the entire state, primary roads here in Nelson are in good shape. Most of the major highways are completely ice and snow free. Many secondary roads, however, have ice and snow remaining. The landscape and mountainous areas of Nelson have plenty of snow remaining. [...]

©2009 www.nelsoncountylife.com : A VDOT truck plows Route 151.

Non-Essential Government Offices Closed in Nelson County This Monday : 12.21.09

[ 0 ] December 21, 2009

ShareNelson County, Virginia Many roads have improved since the blizzard that hit Nelson County over the weekend, but many are still in very bad shape. For this reason all non-essential government offices here in Nelson County have been closed. Nelson EMS Director, Ray Uttaro notified us of the information this morning via our NCL Facebook [...]

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