Day 83: 08 July, 18.4 miles today, 1224.1 miles total, Routt NF, CO We really didn’t feel like hiking. The only reason we were up and ready to go in the morning was the fact… Read More »Disorganized notes on the Continental Divide Trail, part 14: Into Wyoming
Day 71: 26 June, 10.2 miles today, 1018.2 miles total, San Isabel NF, CO If it had been raining when we left the hotel in Leadville, we’d have marched straight back inside and booked another… Read More »Disorganized notes on the Continental Divide Trail, part 13: the widening gyre
Day 65: 20 June, 16.0 miles today, 913.1 miles total, San Isabel NF, CO The wind was a living nightmare from the moment we exited the camper van whose driver had so kindly agreed to… Read More »Disorganized notes on the Continental Divide Trail, part 12: Waterworld
Day 60: 15 June, 15.1 miles today (+1.3 miles on Creede Cutoff returning to CDT, not added to total), 827.2 miles total, La Garita Wilderness, CO The ride back to the trailhead up the old… Read More »Disorganized notes on the Continental Divide Trail, part 11: My hike with Covid
Day 56: 11 June, 11.5 miles today, 809.3 miles total, just outside Rio Grande NF, CO I woke up just after 0200hrs to the sound of Sean Meadow tossing and turning and whimpering beside me.… Read More »Disorganized notes on the Continental Divide Trail, part 10: Covid take the wheel
Day 52: 07 June, 9.4 miles today (+5.5 additional miles returning to continuous footpath, not added to total), 768.1 miles total, San Juan National Forest, CO Elf and PA weren’t bothered about maintaining a continuous… Read More »Disorganized notes on the Continental Divide Trail, part 9: High altitude and low drama on the Colorado Trail
Day 46: 01 June, 9.7 miles today, 693.2 miles total, Weminuche Wilderness, CO Sean Meadow got the last ice axe in Pagosa Springs. The kind souls at the Ski and Bow Rack seemed genuinely distraught… Read More »Disorganized notes on the Continental Divide Trail, part 8: Colorado Rocky Mountain high
Day 39: 25 May, 15.2 miles today, 633.3 miles total, South San Juan Wilderness, CO I spent much of the previous evening struggling with the Garmin inreach device I’d been carrying for the entire CDT… Read More »Disorganized notes on the Continental Divide Trail, part 7: when the going gets tough, the tender also go
Day 33: 19 May, 23.4 miles today, 551.7 miles total, Starrynight Ranch, NM We’d first met Leaves and Hombre at the hostel in Silver City. A cheerful hiker couple with maybe just a couple of… Read More »Disorganized notes on the Continental Divide Trail, part 6: the end of New Mexico