点评:This was a maintained, well traveled trail. We started on the Catawba Falls trail unsure if we were going to turn around or take the Catawba Ridge trail to make the loop. We ended up doing the loop. It was a 3.5 mile hike that took us 2.5 hours (including breaks for pictures and water). A few tips if you plan to go..
-if you plan to do the loop, start with the Catawba Ridge Trail so you are walking down all the stairs (not up)
-while most of the trail is dog friendly, some of stairs are metal grates and NOT dog friend to my cowboy corgi (shoutout to my husband who carried her up the ~5 flights of metal stairs!)
-the “observation tower” is NOT optional and is part of the trail (as are ALL of the steps)
-get there early! We got there around 8 am on a Sunday with about 10 cars in the lot. The lot was nearly full when we left around 10:30.
翻译:这是一条维护良好、人流量很大的步道。我们一开始走的是卡托巴瀑布步道,当时还不确定是原路返回还是走卡托巴山脊步道环线。最后我们选择了环线。全程3.5英里,我们花了2.5小时(包括拍照和喝水的休息时间)。如果你也打算去,这里有一些小贴士:
- 如果你打算走环线,建议先走卡托巴山脊步道,这样你就可以一路下台阶(而不是上台阶)。
- 虽然大部分步道允许带狗,但有些台阶是金属格栅,我的柯基犬走起来很不舒服(特别感谢我老公,他抱着她爬了大约5层金属台阶!)。
- “观景塔”是步道的一部分,不能选择是否前往(所有的台阶也都是步道的一部分)。
- 一定要早点去!我们周日早上8点左右到的,停车场里只有大约10辆车。我们10点半左右离开的时候,停车场几乎满了。