CDT Days 10-12 – Silver City
This section of the CDT took us into the town of Silver City and then up into the Black Mountain Range beyond. There is lots of evidence of black bears in this area. We are in the transition zone between…
Category Continental Divide Trail
We are hiking the Continental Divide Trail: 3,000 miles through New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana.
CDT Days 7-9 – Transitioning into the mountains
This stretch of the CDT took us out of the desert and into the mountains. The vegetation transitioned to include many trees and wildlife included many new animals. Day 7 – Mile 105.5 – Higher elevation Today was a steady…
CDT Days 4-6 – More desert adventures
For these three days we continued through the desert and walked through basins from range to range. We weaved through the Coyote Hills and Pyramid Mountains. Much of the trail goes from marker to marker through the desert. Usually there…
CDT days 1-3: And we’re off!
The Continental Divide Trail starts in New Mexico in the Chihuahuan desert in the Basin and Range. For the first few days, we are walking through different mountain ranges, including the Big Hatchet Range, the Little Hatchet Range, and the…
Gear for the CDT: our complete gear list
Photos and descriptions of the items in our packs at the start of the CDT. At the bottom of this post is a Google Sheet with our exhaustive gear list.
One week until we leave for the CDT!
We have been busy preparing for the Continental Divide Trail for the past month. First we moved out of our apartment in Göttingen and into a storage facility. Then we flew to the USA where we have been splitting time…
CDT here we come!
In less than two months we will be starting our thru-hike attempt of the Continental Divide Trail (CDT). The CDT is a ~3,000 mile trail from Mexico to Canada and takes about 4-5 months to complete. It follows the continental…
