Outdoor enthusiasts can now hike a brand new section of the Continental Divide Trail in the Gila National Forest.
The New Mexico Volunteers for the Outdoors partnered with the Continental Divide Trail Coalition earlier in October to reroute part of the trail in the forest’s Black Range west of Truth or Consequences.
The chairperson for New Mexico Volunteers for the Outdoors, said the 1.5 miles of new trail will take the Continental Divide Trail off of a dirt Forest Service road.
The crew worked for six days, using a technique called “benching” to make a passable trail in the difficult terrain.
“Because the trail is going along a steep slope, it involves cutting a lot of soil and rock out of the side of the slope to create the trail and then refining it with other tools and making it less bumpyhairperson for New Mexico Volunteers for the Outdoors, said the 1.5 miles of new trail will take the Continental Divide Trail off of a dirt Forest Service road.
A Youth Conservation Corps crew completed about half the trail before the volunteers took over.
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