Time can pass quite slowly depending on your circumstances. We’ve been off the CDT for just about a month now. On the trail the weeks passed blissfully slow; and were measured in sunrises and sunsets, how many snacks we had …
CDT Day 106: headed east
Day 106: mile 1827.3 to Elkhorn Trailhead, 12 miles Total miles: 1610.1 We slept peacefully in the most picturesque camping spot we’ve had all trip. As predicted camping on the grass with no tree cover, and surrounded by lakes, our …
CDT Day 105: the heart of the matter
Day 105: mile 1809.8 to 1827.3, 17.5 miles Total miles: 1598.1 It rained hard overnight, and lightening lit up the sky a few times. The wind picked-up, and I woke up in just enough time to close the rain fly …
CDT Day 104: mountains at last
Day 104: Big Sandy Lodge to mile 1809.8, 18.7 miles Total miles: 1580.6 The chef at Big Sandy Lodge offered to make us breakfast earlier than the usual 7:30am, as we wanted to get hiking by 6:30am. He said it …
CDT Day 103: Big Sandy
Day 103: mile 1781.9 to Big Sandy Lodge, 12.2 miles Total miles: 1561.9 After two days of thinking we were going to be surrounded by the glorious rugged mountains that make up the Wind River Range, but just seeing mixed …
CDT Day 102: entering the Winds
Day 102: mile 1762.2 to 1781.9, 19.7 miles Total miles: 1549.7 I woke up looking forward to finally being in the mountains, after a week and a half of being away as we crossed out of Colorado and through the …
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