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PSA: The two-year wait for Eagle Peak trail to reopen was worth every minute.

I waited two years for Eagle Peak trail to reopen after a big landslide. Every few months, I checked the park site for news. At first, I was annoyed by the slow progress. But I found new trails nearby that I loved. When Eagle Peak finally opened, the view felt like a reward for waiting. It showed me that good things take time, even in nature. Has a long trail closure ever changed your hiking plans?
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spencerb64
spencerb641mo ago
Yeah, read an article about trail repairs taking forever.
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emery951
emery9511mo ago
How long was the trail in the article closed? I waited over a year for them to fix a washed-out bridge on my local loop. The whole permit and funding process just kills any sense of urgency.
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harperg34
harperg341mo ago
Yeah reading about it is one thing, spencerb64, but dealing with it is another. The article probably didn't get into how a simple fix gets stuck in red tape for months. They'll have the actual repair done in a week but spend a whole year just getting the okay to start. Makes you wonder what they're even paying people for sometimes.
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wade563
wade5631mo ago
my patience is worse than harperg34's red tape, i barely lasted a month.
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