Continental Divide Trail Bloggers
Reaching Canada and the Triple Crown
I first learned of thru-hiking seven or eight years ago. I'd heard of the Pacific Crest Trail before, but I figured it was something just one or two intrepid souls...
Dodging Fires Through Montana
They say this trail is cold, and they were right. We haven't really had a hot day since New Mexico, but that all changed in Darby, MT. It was...
Wowed by Wyoming: From the Winds to Yellowstone
The contrasts between one section of this trail and the next are amazing. With transitions that last only a moment, we move from desert, to mountains, back to desert, back...
Running Through Wyoming’s Great Divide Basin
Upon entering Wyoming, the CDT transitions quite rapidly from forested mountains to the flat and treeless basin of Wyoming's Red Desert. We emerged from the trees and descended to sagebrush...
Embracing the Brutality on the CDT
Shortly after leaving Leadville, the Colorado Trail turns toward Denver and parts ways with the CDT. The well-defined, maintained track of the CT immediately returned (degraded?) to the CDT we
Cruising through Central Colorado on the CDT
The trail through the middle portion of Colorado was awesome. After the tough terrain of the San Juans, the Colorado Trail seemed almost easy in comparison. We remained high up...
Tested by Snow on the CDT Through the San Juans
The San Juan Mountains were intense, beautiful, frustrating, rewarding, difficult, and awesome. They were somehow both exactly what I expected and nothing like I
CDT Part 2: Roads, Roads, Roads – Silver City to Grants
Between Silver City and Grants, the CDT has a few noteworthy segments, particularly the Gila River and El Malpais. Otherwise though, it is a lot of road walking. Paved roads,...
Pie on the Continental Divide Trail – New Mexico and Finishing the CDT
Day 111 started after a solid night's sleep, cold brew coffee, and a microwave burrito got my day started. I packed slowly, quickly realizing Id bought way too much food...
Pie on the Continental Divide Trail – Getting real in Colorado
Day 86 I awoke super rested and ready to go. We had a nice day of rolling terrain that made for a smooth day. We dealt with grey patchy skies...