New bluff trail takes walkers and bikes off Bliss Road

Have you ever tried hiking or biking on Bliss Road, on the way up or down Grandad Bluff? 

There’s not much room for vehicle traffic, bike riders and pedestrians on that narrow, winding road. 

Now, the city of La Crosse has completed a connector trail which lets people use existing trails all the way up the bluff without having to use Bliss Road. 

“There’s not a great way for people to get from town up to this amazing Grandad Bluff overlook without going on the road,”

Olson, and other members of the ORA,

Roughly $300,000 was contributed to finance construction of the trail system.

The new connecting trail stretches from the Alpine Inn to a parking area close to the park atop Grandad.