It's too bad the trail is so well known now that you can't really hike it in peace. You can't even park at the trailhead anymore, they made a parking lot further away and run shuttles. Archive: https://archive.today/nilxw From the post: >>When the Grizzly Creek Fire raged through the Glenwood Canyon in 2020, an iconic and beloved oasis was miraculously spared from the inferno. However, the path to that oasis was not so fortunate, and flooding the following year only exacerbated its woes. Efforts to restore the Hanging Lake Trail have spanned the 2020s. In the spring of 2024, a $4.7 million complete reconstruction project launched to expand access to the trail to pre-2020 levels, with everyone involved targeting June 18, 2026, as the date to unveil the final product to the public.