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Another day, another hike. I followed the Letchworth east rim trail past the Middle and Upper Falls. Just upriver from the Upper Falls is railroad bridge across the gorge. This portion of the rim trail is part of the Letchworth branch of the Finger Lakes Trail that runs east-west across upstate New York.

A significant chunk of the east rim trail between where I started on the park road and the railroad bridge was lost some decades ago when that part of the gorge wall collapsed into the valley below. The unofficial detour winds up and around the collapse area until it can pick up the old route a few hundred yards before the bridge. It can be tricky walking with a pack. The newer and official FLT detour follows the park round, a gravel public road, and a gravel and old dirt road until it can rejoin the original trail. From there one can continue southbound or backtrack along the rim trail to the railroad bridge. This detour avoids the nasty highway roadwalk followed by an earlier official detour.

I followed the unofficial detour south past the bridge then back up and around along the rerouted official detour. The public road begins where the detour crosses the railroad east of the bridge. Photographs were called for.

Argus C3 Brick with the 50mm lens

Ilford HP5 Plus

Epson Perfection V500 Photo Scanner

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#letchworth , #letchworthstatepark , #railroad , #bridge , #railroadbridge ,

Description

Another day, another hike. I followed the Letchworth east rim trail past the Middle and Upper Falls. Just upriver from the Upper Falls is railroad bridge across the gorge. This portion of the rim trail is part of the Letchworth branch of the Finger Lakes Trail that runs east-west across upstate New York.

A significant chunk of the east rim trail between where I started on the park road and the railroad bridge was lost some decades ago when that part of the gorge wall collapsed into the valley below. The unofficial detour winds up and around the collapse area until it can pick up the old route a few hundred yards before the bridge. It can be tricky walking with a pack. The newer and official FLT detour follows the park round, a gravel public road, and a gravel and old dirt road until it can rejoin the original trail. From there one can continue southbound or backtrack along the rim trail to the railroad bridge. This detour avoids the nasty highway roadwalk followed by an earlier official detour.

I followed the unofficial detour south past the bridge then back up and around along the rerouted official detour. The public road begins where the detour crosses the railroad east of the bridge. Photographs were called for.

Argus C3 Brick with the 50mm lens

Ilford HP5 Plus

Epson Perfection V500 Photo Scanner

#blackandwhite , #ilfordhp5plus , #ilfordphoto , #argusc3 , #ishootfilm , #shootfilmstaypoor , #rangefinder ,
#letchworth , #letchworthstatepark , #railroad , #bridge , #railroadbridge ,