The Cave of the Winds: Built to Be Broken and Rebuilt. Watch Video of the Rebuild, 2025.

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The Cave of the Winds: Built to Be Broken

Every year, nature wins—and every year, we rebuild.

At Niagara Falls, the Cave of the Winds isn’t just a tourist attraction. It’s a battlefront. The wooden walkways and stairs that take you to the base of Bridal Veil Falls are torn down and rebuilt every single year. Why? Because winter and the roaring power of the Falls obliterate them.

The videos of workers reassembling the trail are both inspiring and terrifying. Clinging to the cliff face, soaked in mist, they haul lumber and bolt down planks, step by step, into one of the most extreme environments in the world. It’s a dangerous, precise job done in the shadow of a natural giant.

And here’s something most people don’t know: the actual cave—the original Cave of the Winds—is gone. It collapsed over a century ago. What remains is the name, the legend, and the feeling of standing just feet from 75,000 gallons of water per second crashing down. The experience is still awe-inspiring. Still unforgettable.

Old Postcard of the now collapsed cave—Niagara is always changing!

Every year the trail disappears. And every year, we build it back. Come see the rebuild. Come feel the thunder. Come respect the wind.