Hanging Lake Trail Reopened

Colorado, Glenwood Springs, hiking | dlacord | Wednesday, August 25th, 2010 at 12:33 pm

It’s one of the most crowded trails in Colorado, but it’s crowded because it also has one of the best payoffs at the end. Hanging Lake is an emerald green oasis fed by a waterfall in Glenwood Canyon. But all that use has taken its toll, and the U.S. Forest Service closed the trail in May for a $1 million repair project. Hanging Lake is the most popular hiking trail in the White River National Forest. Its boardwalk, dating back to the early 1900s, needed to be replaced.

Now that it’s open again, we suggest you visit it during the week, or at least wait until the tourists have gone home this fall. To get there, you have to be traveling eastbound on I-70. From Denver, you have to pass Hanging Lake, take the Grizzly Creek exit and reenter the highway eastbound to the Hanging Lake exit. Check it out at video of the hike here.

– Deb Acord

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