According to the hotline, 828-298-0398, many, many miles of the parkway are closed, as is usual in the winter time. Currently, a strech from mile markers 393 – 469 are closed. That makes the the parkway closed from about Asheville all the way to Tennesee! 76 miles of closure. Further north there are sporadic closings, but basically the parkway is off limits during the winter, except to hikers. Sigh …
You can still get up to the parkway, but you can’t turn north or south. If you want to see more of it, you’ll have to hike up the road.
Last year I met a couple of guys who had done just that. They were hiking back out when I met them. They had gone up on Friday, hiked up the road about 5 miles, camped for 2 nights, and then came back out. Sounds exciting, but I like a few more amenities … like heat and indoor plumbing. Even though I like the ‘great outdoors’, I still think do NOT think that I’m a camper, but you never know. I’ve never tried, so I just might like it.
I would, however, like to go to the parkway again and walk up the road about a mile or so taking pictures all the way. Who knows, maybe this weekend or next. To be sure, if I go, there will be pictures to show. 
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Oh, I don’t doubt for a minute you’ll be up there bringing us winter shots.
I think you might just have “camper” in you there somewhere.
brrrrrr. it’s quite cold up here, in the midwest, too. be careful, and don’t get stuck!
They close the road because of snow???? I’m from Colorado and I don’t understand
Ptelea, we wimpy North Carolinians don’t have snow plows and salt trucks. Add to that the fact that MOST of the parkway, with it’s grand vistas, high ridges, and low valleys, doesn’t have gaurd rails! It’d be pretty easy to slide off of the side of the road!
Man – those conditions look great – get yourself in there!