Rivnuts from Homestead, PA on 3/19/2021 2:24:48 PM:
See the message below that has been posted on the GAP Trail website.
"The Big Savage Tunnel will open for the season on Friday, April 9, 2021, according to Somerset County officials. This is a week later than anticipated, since deep snow remains on the Great Allegheny Passage at both ends of the tunnel; temperatures have not yet warmed sufficiently like they have in Pittsburgh or in Washington, D.C., and the tunnel is not yet safely or easily accessible.
Crews from Somerset County and Somerset County Recreation and Trails Association close Big Savage Tunnel each winter to protect the tunnel from cold winds and repeated freeze-thaw cycles that threaten to damage and fell its lining."
This is the good news.
The bad news previously reported is that the C&O Towpath just north of the Paw Paw Tunnel is and will remain closed through 2021 requiring through travellers to use the "up-and-over" detour. Also, the 9-mile portion of the GAP from Port Vue to Buena Vista that has been closed for sewer installation will not reopen until April 30 or perhaps later.