Category: On the trail

On September 29th, a little over 4 1/2 months after I started out from the Mexican border, I finally made it to the Canadian border on Waterton Lake, thus bringing my CDT thruhike to an successful… Read more

When I entered Wyoming on July 22nd my expectations for this section weren’t very big. I knew that I would have to cross the Great Divide Basin and that in the northwestern corner of the state… Read more

Colorado turned out to be a hard, but rewarding section of the CDT. The views were awesome, but afternoon thunderstorms would often throw a monkey wrench into the hiking and force us to either wait… Read more

Upon arriving in Colorado the talk of the trail was the late season snowfall that still hadn’t completely melted yet, and what consequences this would have for the trail. Especially through… Read more

On June 10th, just over a month after I started out from the Mexican border I walked down to Cumbres Pass which marks the end of New Mexico and the start of Colorado. I’m not 100% sure of the milage,… Read more