CDT Days 92-94 – Enjoying newly built trail!
For much of these three days we hiked on a segment of the CDT that is just being built. It took us closer to the continental divide than the old trail would have, and it also treated us to a…
Category Continental Divide Trail
We are hiking the Continental Divide Trail: 3,000 miles through New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana.
CDT Days 89-91 – Tour de Lakes
We continued through Wyoming’s Wind River Range past many alpine lakes. We were hoping to do lots of swimming, but the weather ended up being cold and rainy. The views were still amazing though. Day 89 – Mile 1799.5 –…
CDT Days 86-88 – Wind River Range
We made it to the Wind River Range! This remote mountain range in Wyoming is supposed to be a highlight of the CDT. We spent more time than we would have liked climbing through fallen trees, but once we emerged…
CDT Days 83-85 – Red desert
We finished hiking through the Great Divide Basin. It was hot but beautiful and full of wildlife (and livestock). There was smoke in the air from nearby forest fires which blocked some of the views (but filtered the sun a…
CDT Days 80-82 – Great Divide Basin
The trail has descended from the high mountains and is now cutting across the Great Divide Basin of Wyoming. This is a large desert area that does not drain to either the Atlantic or Pacific Oceans… water that ends up…
CDT Days 77-79 – Wyoming!
We crossed the border into Wyoming during this stretch, and the rolling mountains started to become quite deserty. Day 77 – Mile 1516.6 – Wyoming & Halfway Today was an exciting day for milestones. About 10 miles in we hit…
CDT Days 74-76 – Morgan Creek Fire Detour
The Morgan Creek Fire is burning on the CDT which means we have to detour around it. We are making sure to hike as much of the official CDT as possible and complete a continuous footpath from Mexico to Canada,…
CDT Days 71-73 – Smoke
We spent these three days in northern Colorado’s Rabbit Ears and Park Ranges. The air was a bit smokey due to the Morgan Creek Fire burning just north of us. Day 71 – Mile 1397.8 – Low on water Today…
CDT Days 68-70 – Rocky Mountain National Park
These three days took us above 13,000 feet for the last time. We enjoyed a surprising amount of trail magic, and we found ourselves surrounded by several other hikers. Day 68 – Mile 1313.0 – Trail Magic Today was a…
CDT Days 65-67 – High Mountains
These three days took us really high. We were above 13,000′ many times and summited one of Colorado’s 14ers, Grays Peak. Day 65 – Mile 1239.2 – Back to reality Heavy rain woke us up at around 3am. We looked…
