From Datil, NM, we took a new route south – NM 12 to US 180
to Silver City. But on the way we
stopped at a free BLM campground near tiny Glenwood to hike the Cat Walk. I would describe this hike as very little effort
for a nice reward.
Humm, I don’t think I’ve seen a pedestrian warning sign like
this before.
But it looks to me like the rocks have mostly been imprisoned.
It’s an easy one-half mile walk up a canyon.
In the 1930s, those wonderful workers from the CCC built a
wooden recreation trail along the route of a former water pipeline. It was
replaced with metal grating in the 1960s and made wheelchair accessible.
It’s some impressive grating
With support beams that might be a bit overkill.
I thought it was all very cool.
All too soon we reached the end.
The trail used to go another half mile, but
in 2013 it was all closed when a flood washed out much of it. In May of this year, the first half mile
reopened and it doesn’t sound like the rest will ever be repaired.
Too bad they aren't going to reopen the rest of the catwalk. The second half was even better.
ReplyDeleteI'm hoping to do some exploring in NM when we leave next Spring. This is on my list.
ReplyDeleteI'm hoping to do some exploring in NM when we leave next Spring. This is on my list.
ReplyDeleteThat is a beautiful catwalk, nice engineering went into its design. Hopefully it doesn't get washed away by some future heavy flood.
ReplyDeleteWe agree, that is a great hike. Our only problem was the road we drove when leaving!
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like a great hike, a great canyon view...where would we be without the efforts of the CCC?
ReplyDeleteI second Sondra ... it's wonderful that so many CCC projects are out there that are still useable after all these years.
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