Bluff Trail at Chimney Bluffs Will Be Closed This Summer

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Bluff Trail at Chimney Bluffs Will Be Closed This SummerBluff Trail at Chimney Bluffs Will Be Closed This SummerOfficials shuttered the popular trail after erosion made hiking the bluffs too dangerous.
 Published  May 11, 2018 Backpacker Contributors
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The Bluff Trail at Chimney Bluffs State Park will be closed this summer, park officials announced this week, after erosion on the steep mud cliffs made hiking too dangerous. Rangers plan to re-route the trail, a project that they say won’t be finished until at least 2019. 
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