Trans-Catalina trail is nearly completedHikers will be able to cross the length of the island without dodging traffic
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old news - 11:40AM Friday Feb 06 2009)
Panoramic. That's the word that keeps up coming up when people describe the nearly completed 37-mile-long trans-Santa Catalina Island trail.
Catalina Island Conservancy officials expect the trail to be open to the public in early April. But they are already advising prospective hikers to pack water bottles, two-way radios, insect repellent and snake bite kits for the four-day wilderness trek.
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Catalina Island Conservancy