Harpers Corner Trail Stop 12

The slopes along Harpers Corner can get steep.

NPS Photo/Conrad Provan

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Don’t build a house where you see trees like this one. Soil on this steep slope tends to slip downward and the movement would eventually topple a wall, telephone pole, or other nonliving object. A tree however, if the sliding is slow enough, keeps trying to straighten up as it grows resulting in a curved trunk. If you look around, you may notice many of the trees in this area have bent trunks near their base. While trees may slow erosion, they cannot stop it on a slope like this.