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The Fix Is In: After Nearly 8 Years, the Pacific Crest Trail is Repaired in Washington

The breech, at last, is mended. Nearly 8 years after a huge flood destroyed a major bridge on the Pacific Crest Trail within Washington's Glacier Peak Wilderness, a new route and new bridge are officially open to PCT hikers and stock teams. On Sunday, Sept. 11, in a Promontory Point/Golden Spike kind of moment, members of 2 trail crews cut the final 60 feet of trail to connect the existing PCT with a new 3-mile approach trail that leads to an equally new 270-foot bridge that crosses the ...

Posted by T.D. Wood on October 11, 2011 9:58 PM & Tagged PCT bridge, Pacific Crest Trail, repairs and reroute | permalink | Comments