CDT Days 43 – 45 – South San Juan Mountains
This stretch of trail took us high into the San Juan Mountain Range. We traversed large snow fields and spent much of the time above 12,000 feet in elevation. Day 43 – Mile 797.5 – Views and snow Today we…
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CDT Days 40-42 – New Mexico or Colorado?
Every day for the last three days we spent time in both New Mexico and Colorado! Day 40 – Mile 751.0 – Yahtzee Today we started hiking at 6 am in hopes of catching Dirty Money, who we haven’t seen…
CDT Days 37 – 39 – Transitioning into the mountains!
This section of trail was a mix of green and wet mountain meadows along with sandstone cliffs and bluffs that felt like the desert again. We hiked over the Rio Chama, which qualifies as a full-blown river. Day 37 –…
CDT Days 34-36 – Dry desert to wet mountains
The diversity in landscape during these three days was incredible. We started in a high, dry desert with beautiful sandstone bluffs and finished in wet, green mountains. We stopped in the town of Cuba in between to resupply. Day 34…
CDT Days 31-33 – Views and rain
This section of trail brought us past Mount Taylor and into a beautiful high-desert basin. It rained on us multiple times during this stretch. Day 31 – Mile 535.6 – Back on single track As we left Grants today we…
CDT Days 28-30 – Volcanic Landscapes
We hiked through volcanic landscapes including lava rocks and lava tubes. It was very interesting but hard on the feet at times. Day 28 – Mile 478.4 – Chain of Craters We woke up late this morning. We heard coyotes…
CDT Days 25-27 – Pie Town
This section of trail had a lot of road walking into and out of Pie Town. But at the end we made it to El Malpais National Monument which is a very unique volcanic area. Day 25 – Mile 414.2…
CDT Days 22-24 – Wildlife & Blisters
This section of trail included mostly walking on mountains trails and some cross-country through basins. There were few other hikers but amazing scenery. Day 22 – Mile 366.3 – Elk & Deer! We had a trail the entire day today!!…
CDT Days 19-21 – Wide open spaces
This was another remote stretch of trail that included a lot of challenging cross country travel. We had amazing open views and saw lots of elk, deer, and antelope. Day 19 – Mile 299.6 – Wide open spaces Five miles…
CDT Days 16 – 18 – Delays…
This was another very remote stretch of trail — we saw no one else on the trail at all for these three days. Day 16 – Mile 259.7 – Stuck in Winston Today we had a relatively easy hike to…
