Wintergreen
Nelson County, Virginia
From WPOA:
“The US Army National Guard will be conducting annual helicopter hoist training tomorrow. Between the hours of 9AM and 3PM you may observe two Blackhawk helicopters flying low and slow, hovering, and raising/lowering personnel. There will be two landing zones used. The main zone is located on Beech Grove Road, and the second zone is on Laurel Springs Drive.
Please do not approach the aircraft at any time.
Laurel Springs Drive will experience approximately 12 closures, each lasting approximately 5 minutes. If you need to travel in that area, please allow extra time.
Wintergreen Fire & Rescue personnel will be cooperating throughout the day. If at any point an actual emergency occurs which requires the helicopters to vacate the area, a plan is in place to assure that will happen.
IMPORTANT – Please avoid the Blackrock Plunge trail and the Upper Shamokin Springs trail during the training hours. We will have spotters in place to make certain no hikers wander into a high-hazard area.
Thanks to all in the community for supporting this annual training event.”
