Weekend walkers are back on the ridge path after a month of repairs. The upper section has a new rail where a slip had closed the route. The park office is asking groups to start before eight so the narrow stretch is not met by a group coming down.
A local club that maintains the lower markers walked the path on Friday and reported one loose stone step, which was fixed the same afternoon. They have asked the office to keep a small tool locker at the gate instead of sending a worker up only after a complaint.
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Cafés at the trailhead extended breakfast by an hour. Last time the path reopened, they ran out of tea before the first large group descended, which is a small failure and the one hikers mention first.
Dogs are allowed on a lead. The office repeated the rule because the closed month has been long enough for people to forget why it exists on a path with a drop.
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