We are hiking the Continental Divide Trail: 3,000 miles through New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana.
We spent a lot of this section following the Continental Divide along high ridges. We were constantly passing interesting rocks. We resupplied in Lincoln, MT. Day 122 – Mile 2657.2 – Trail Birthday! Today was my birthday! I have been…
The past few days we continued walking though Montana’s green mountains, which are starting to turn red. The trees haven’t been completely wiped out by the mountain pine beetle yet. The berry bushes are starting to change colors. The smoke…
These three days had us hiking a trail shaped like a large backwards “C” in the mountains that surround Butte, MT. The mountains are gentle and littered with unique granite rock formations. Day 116 – Mile 2504.4 – Cows, Rocks,…
The trail has been very green for the last few days. The mountains have been beautiful and full of interesting rocks. We haven’t seen any other northbound thruhikers for two weeks. Day 113 – Mile 2419.4 – Anaconda Pintler Wilderness…
This section of the “trail” had us walking a fire detour around the Trail Creek and Black Mountain fires. We were almost entirely on paved or gravel roads walking through the Big Hole Valley. We enjoyed the scenery, and the…
We had smoke and rain/fog limiting our visibility as we continued along the Montana-Idaho border. We started a fire detour that took us onto Montana’s highways. Day 107 – Mile 2238.1 – Leadore, ID This morning we hiked over Elk…
These three days we traversed high ridges on the border of Montana and Idaho. There was often little vegetation beyond grass. Smoke obscured the vistas, but even so we could see that we were surrounded by imposing mountain peaks in…
We continued snaking along the border of Idaho and Montana, which follows the Continental Divide. The landscape has become much dryer. We’ve had expensive views into both states, which have been a bit obscured by smoke. Day 101 – Mile…
During the last three days we continued enjoying Yellowstone and saw some of its most impressive thermal features. Then we traveled in three states in 24 hours — we left Wyoming and entered Idaho, followed shortly thereafter by entering Montana.…
This stretch of the trail took us into a Yellowstone National Park, our second national park on the CDT. Day 95 – Mile 1927.3 – NOBOS, SOBOS & horse parties Today turned out to be a social day on the…
We compiled everything we’ve learned from thousands of miles of hiking into this guide and recipe book! We hope you enjoy it!
-Renee and Tim
