Day 115: 09 August, 20.6 miles today, 1813.6 miles total, Gallatin NF, MT Big Sky Alternate, day 01 The end always happens suddenly, no matter how long you’ve had to prepare for it. Even in… Read More »Disorganized notes on the Continental Divide Trail, part 18: the Cutoff
Day 107: 01 August, 21.1 miles today, 1684.9 miles total, Teton Wilderness, WY Hitchhiking, the guide stresses, is illegal in Dubois. We’d had our thumbs out in front of the post office for less than… Read More »Disorganized notes on the Continental Divide Trail, part 17: the last days of Wyoming
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 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
Day 20: 06 May, 3.0 miles today, 338.0 miles total, Pie Town, NM Breakfast at the Top of the World general store was not worth the wait. Perhaps in prior years it had been a… Read More »Disorganized notes on the Continental Divide Trail, part 4: CDT boot camp