Storms tore up two of America's most iconic trails. Federal cuts have disrupted repairs
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Lauren Lamberts, of Belgium, crosses water flowing over a section of the Pacific Crest Trail washed away by storms while trail repairs have been disrupted by federal cuts Thursday, April 3, 2025, near Whitewater, Calif. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)FILE - Alexandra Eagle, right, and Jonathan Hall stand in front of a waterfall on the Appalachian Trail in Cosby, Tenn., March 30, 2020. (AP Photo/Sarah Blake Morgan, File)FILE - Robert Weiss of Tewksbury, Mass., left, photographs his brother-in-law, Matthew Ferri, of Dracut, Mass., and his wife, Andrea Weiss just before sunrise from their campsite on the Appalachian Trail in Beans Purchase, N.H., Sept. 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)Lauren Lamberts, left, and Joachim Van Hoye, both of Belgium, look for a way to cross over a section of the Pacific Crest Trail washed away by storms while trail repairs have been disrupted by federal cuts Thursday, April 3, 2025, near Whitewater, Calif. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)Lauren Lamberts, right, and Joachim Van Hoye, both of Belgium, look for a way to cross over a section of the Pacific Crest Trail washed away by storms while trail repairs have been disrupted by federal cuts Thursday, April 3, 2025, near Whitewater, Calif. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)Eric Kipperman, one of the Pacific Crest Trail Association's experienced guides known as "crest runners", takes a picture for a hiker balanced on the obelisk that marks the southern terminus of the Pacific Crest Trail near the border with Mexico, Monday, March 24, 2025, near Campo, Calif. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)FILE - M.J. Eberhart, 83, carefully hikes the Appalachian Trail, Sept. 12, 2021, in Gorham, New Hampshire. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)Eric Kipperman, one of the Pacific Crest Trail Association's experienced guides known as "crest runners", center, speaks to hikers Joshua Suran and Laura Flocchini as they get ready to begin their hike at the southern terminus of the Pacific Crest Trail near the border with Mexico, Monday, March 24, 2025, near Campo, Calif. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)Lauren Lamberts, of Belgium, washes off her feet in water flowing over a section of the Pacific Crest Trail washed away by storms while trail repairs have been disrupted by federal cuts Thursday, April 3, 2025, near Whitewater, Calif. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)A tag hangs off the pack of hiker Laura Flocchini as she gets ready to begin the Pacific Crest Trail at the southern terminus near the border with Mexico, Monday, March 24, 2025, near Campo, Calif. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)Lauren Lamberts, of Belgium, left, dries her socks on her hiking poles as she takes a break with Joachim Van Hoye, also of Belgium, near where water flowing over a section of the Pacific Crest Trail washed away by storms while trail repairs have been disrupted by federal cuts Thursday, April 3, 2025, near Whitewater, Calif. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)Eric Kipperman, one of the Pacific Crest Trail Association's experienced guides known as "crest runners", right, takes a picture of hikers Joshua Suran, center, and Laura Flocchini as they get ready to begin their hike at the southern terminus of the Pacific Crest Trail near the border with Mexico, Monday, March 24, 2025, near Campo, Calif. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)Eric Kipperman, one of the Pacific Crest Trail Association's experienced guides known as "crest runners", center, speaks to hikers as they gather at the southern terminus of the Pacific Crest Trail near the border with Mexico, Monday, March 24, 2025, near Campo, Calif. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)A hiker passes a trail marker for the Pacific Crest Trail Monday, March 24, 2025, near Campo, Calif. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)Lauren Lamberts, left, and Joachim Van Hoye, both of Belgium, rest and cool their feet in water flowing over a section of the Pacific Crest Trail washed away by storms while trail repairs have been disrupted by federal cuts Thursday, April 3, 2025, near Whitewater, Calif. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
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Lauren Lamberts, of Belgium, crosses water flowing over a section of the Pacific Crest Trail washed away by storms while trail repairs have been disrupted by federal cuts Thursday, April 3, 2025, near Whitewater, Calif. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
