One of our favorite hikes, well really of all time, is the catwalk hike in Glenwood, New Mexico. It is this amazing hike up a canyon where much of the trail is a catwalk attached to the sides of a small slot canyon and then a series of bridges over the stream and access to little waterfalls. All told it is about a 4-mile hike.
Well, about 3 years ago now a huge flood completely destroyed the catwalks, and the whole hike has been closed. We've still stopped at the picnic area at the beginning of the hike each year because it was still a lovely place to visit, but every year it made me sad to think that we would never get to go on the catwalk hike again because there was no way that the Forest Service would be able to find the funds to fix it.... Well as it turns out they have! (Although only the first mile is now open... the rest they are still trying to find the money to fix) Totally the best surprise of the summer when on the way up to the cabin as we drove past my parents noted that it would reopen that weekend....
So anyway on the way back from our cabin adventure we stopped and hiked as far as we could. It is different from before, to be sure, but in some ways it is even cooler now because on the way back you can access the stream and hike back in the water and under the catwalks.
Hooray for fabulous hikes! (Where the water is still cold despite the 90+ degree heat!)
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