Even in the picturesque California, few landscapes are as impressive, or as fragile, as Big Sur. The constant storms and the seismic activity that forged their dramatic cliffs and cannons also make their infrastructure a nightmare to maintain.
The main road through the region, the world of world fame, which clings to cliffs above the Pacific Ocean in a dignified way of postcard, is almost constantly closed by landslides, isolating tired communities and travelers.
The local hiking trails are not going much better.
The Pfeiffer Falls path is crossed with the Valley View Trail, a beautiful loop that offers beautiful views of the state park to the Pacific.
(Lisa / Save the Redwoods League winner)
So, as if they finished breathing deeply and cross their fingers, the officials of the state parks of California announced this week that one of the most beloved walks in the region, the Pfeiffer Falls Trail, will finally open again after an amazing Secuoya collapsed in a storm of 2023, taking out its pedestrian bridge.
The path, a .75 mile walks that crosses the Big Sur State Park and ends with an impressive view of a 60 -feet waterfall, is one of the main raffles for a park that attracts approximately 750,000 people each year.
For such a short walk, the path has a long history.
In 2008, the fire of the 162,818 acres basin complex devastated much of the route and the surrounding forest. He took $ 2 million and almost 13 years to complete a renewal project, eliminating the old and damaged concrete, redirecting the path and building the bridge, to finally reopen the walk in June 2021.
About 18 months later, that storm arrived and an imposing secyas crashed the party.
The Pfeiffer Falls bridge in 2023 after a giant dry fell on part of the structure, closing the path.
(California state parks)
The tree set up a 15 -foot section of the bridge. The teams rescued a large part of the original structure, but replaced the damaged section with fiber reinforced polymer in the hope of making the period stronger and more resistant to their relentless environment.
“It is unfortunate that the path has had to close so soon after our original renovations,” said Matthew Gómez, senior parks programs manager for Save the Redwoods League, a non -profit organization that helped with repairs. “But our narrow association with the state parks of California allowed us to rebuild the bridge better than ever.”
It is a truly spectacular walk. Enjoy it while it lasts.
