Category: CDT

Silverthorne Route mile 16 to 32.5: 16.5 miles Total miles: 1093.2 The day started the way the previous one had ended, with us hiking downhill. There were a few uphill sections, but nothing arduous, and as we got closer to …

Copper Mountain to Silverthorne Route mile 16: 16 miles Total miles: 1076.7 Unlike other towns where we normally have to hitch to get back to the trail, we were able to use Summit County’s transit system to hop on a …

Day 72: Hagerman Road to mile 1204.8: 23.8 miles Day 73: mile 1204.8 to Copper Mountain, 14.1 miles Day 74: zero day in Frisco Total miles: 1046.6 From our campsite we started downhill for a couple miles, and then started …

Twin Lakes to Hagerman Road: 20 miles Total miles: 1022.8 We decided to wait for breakfast at the lodge in Twin Lakes. We normally get hiking before 7am, but breakfast didn’t start until then. After breakfast I was getting ready …

mile 1132.3 to Twin Lakes: 23.3 miles Total miles: 1002.8 I woke up and unlike other mornings, there were a few dozen mosquitoes resting between the inner part and the fly of our tent. They normally disperse to go off …

mile 1113.3 to 1132.3: 19 miles Total miles: 979.5 Despite yesterday’s disappointing mileage, I woke up refreshed and ready to see what the day had in store. We made it out of camp early again, and began our climb up …