I normally don’t write much about zero days because they are honestly boring, and that is the point. Busy zero days don’t feel like much of a rest at all. A good trail town for a zero day had a …
CDT Day 44: out of the woods
mile 849.3 to Wolf Creek Pass: 12.5 miles Total miles: 744.5 Despite the snow yesterday, we woke up to shoes that were not frozen! Yes, they were wet. Yes, they were cold. But no, they were not frozen solid. We’ll …
CDT Day 43: let it snow
mile 834.1 to 849.3: 15.2 miles Total miles: 732 Despite planning to wake-up at 5am to start hiking by 6, we woke up at 5:45. I looked at Garrett as to say, “I thought you said you’d wake me at …
CDT Day 42: get ‘yer ice axe
Three Forks to mile 834.1: 7.5 miles Total miles: 716.8 Despite sleeping at a lower elevation than the night before, closer to 10,000ft, it was still very cold over night and our shoes froze solid again. The prospect of frozen …
CDT Day 41: snow, snow, and more snow
mile 810.3 to Three Forks: 12 miles Total miles: 709.3 While we stayed warm overnight in our tent and sleeping bags, I can’t say the same for our shoes; they were frozen solid, as were our socks and gaiters from …
CDT Day 40: Southern San Juans
Cumbres Pass to mile 810.3: 17.9 miles Total miles: 697.3 I finally had a comfortable nights sleep in our hotel bed, and as always, it was a little harder to wake-up the day we are leaving town. I peeled myself …
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