Photos from my 2015 thru-hike of the Continental Divide Trail. Now all in one place, for easy browsing.

From left to right: RestStop, Eric, Grapenut, me, Mudkips and Twinkle.

Pee break

Our driver Juan

The namesake of Crazy Cook

At the Continental Divide Trail southern terminus

Continental Divide Trail southern terminus

Trail marker

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Waking up after the first night on the trail

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Border Patrol aka "Federales". The area is teeming with them. Although hikers are not their main concern they are well aware of us, and they do provide an extra level of safety. If something were to happen they would normally be the first to respond.

I walk the line

Mudkips and RestStop chillin' out at a water cache.

Every rose has its thorn

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Trail selfie

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The desert can be harsh and unforgiving

Bad water

What the heck...

At least it's gluten free

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Filtering water. The water was actually really good, but I wanted to test out my filtering system.

Roadwalk out of Lordsburg

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The coolest driveway so far...

Entering the Gila River

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At Doc Campbell's Post

Camping in the Gila

Dipping in at Jordan Hot Springs. A great way to start the day.

Jordan Hot Springs

One of many crossings of the Gila River. Always hiking with wet feet.

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Getting out of the Gila at the Meadows and cross country hiking to Snow Lake.

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The long and winding road

Crescent moon

Had to get up and take a leak in the middle of the night only to see the Milky Way rising over the horizon. Pretty good for a bathroom view.

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Trail angel Sheridan

At the Toaster House in Pie Town

Hummingbird

Hummingbird

Overdose, Laughs, Squarl and Moss

Stopping by at the Thomas Ranch for water and camping. Here are the kind hosts Anzie and John.

Thomas Ranch

I passed up on this water source

Horny Toad

Sweet clean water

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Slackpacking Laughs, Squarl and OverDose into Grants.

Team Pronate: OverDose, Squarl and Laughs

Guess I have to walk...

Afternoon thunderstorm while hiking up Mt. Taylor.

View from Mt. Taylor

Mt. Taylor

Sunrise over Mt. Taylor

Lizard

Got my self new shoes in Cuba, NM. The old ones served me well for over 500 miles.

We just decided to do a zero day

San Pedro Wilderness

Beer, hotdogs and campfire after a long day on the trail.

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It's gonna rain...

Almost at Ghost Ranch

Breakfast with trail angels Charles and Jeannine at Ghost Ranch

Hiking out of Ghost Ranch

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New Mexico done, Colorado next

Chama

Thunderstorm over Chama, NM

Back on the divide

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Coolest job ever - motorcycle backcountry ranger! Mad Max meets John Muir.

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Somebody left their snowmobile

Fire in the sky

Rocky Mountain National Park

We can see Wyoming

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Not too bad for a night time view

On the summit of Mt. Elbert, the second highest peak in the contiguous United States at 4.401 meters (14.440 feet)

Mt. Elbert

Reunited with Maveric, my namesake from the PCT

Finally, Wyoming

Wyoming

Bikers on the Continental Divide

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Camping under a full moon.

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On our way to Atlantic City, WY. The Wind River Range rising up in the background.

The Great Divide Basin

The Viper pose

Horse and cow

Into the Wind River Range

Wind River Range

A storm is on the horizon. Pinedale, WY.

R&R at the Pinedale Aquatic Center

R&R at the Pinedale Aquatic Center

Wind River Range

At Photographer's Point

Wind River Range

Knapsack Col

Knapsack Col

Knapsack Col

Wind River Range

Wind River Range

Running into trail angel Barney Mann, aka Scout, whom I stayed with and who took me out to the border when I started on the PCT in 2012.

Wind River Range

Wind River Range

With Jetboil and Cam at the Elkhart Park trailhead. They were biking the Continental Divide. We had a great time together in Pinedale.

Starry, starry night

We had an awesome stay in the nice little town of Dubois. Here we are with Larry who was kind to get up super early and give us a ride from Dubois back to the trail. So many nice people in Dubois.

A happy hiker with new and shiny shoes

Hiking through burn areas south of Yellowstone

Entering Yellowstone National Park

Entering Yellowstone National Park

Yellowstone

Yellowstone

Yellowstone

Yellowstone

Grizzly scat

Bison

Bison selfie

Some tourist decided to throw a feast for the raven. #carcamping

Yellowstone

Waiting for Old Faithful

There she blows

Old Faithful Inn

Yellowstone

Hiking through Biscuit Basin

Yellowstone

Yellowstone

Yellowstone

Yellowstone

Grand Prismatic Spring, Yellowstone

Grand Prismatic Spring, Yellowstone

Bison

Bison fur?

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Yellowstone

Mammoth, Yellowstone

Yellowstone

Coyote

Food hanging in Yellowstone National Park

Big Sky

Thru hiker and trail angel Chad and his girlfriend Bridget.

Roadkill

Ennis, MT

We got hooked on Ennis

Trail angel Ethan who hosted us in Ennis and took us back to trail.

Laundry day = nothing to wear but rain gear

Some serious trail maintenance must be going on here

You know that it's a hard hitch when not even this helps...

Hiking with Cookiemonster

On the Divide

Sanjay, aka The World's Fastest Indian. He had already finished his CDT thruhike and was biking back south.

Ouch, snow...

Ouch, snow...

New shoes in East Glacier Park.

Black bear cubs

Mama bear

Black bear cubs

The Chinese Wall

Sunrise in the Bob Marshall Wilderness

Bear protection (see in front of the door)

Bob Marshall Wilderness

The happy hikers

Glacier National Park

Glacier National Park

Glacier National Park

Triple Divide Pass

Triple Divide Pass

Glacier National Park

Glacier National Park

Glacier National Park

Glacier National Park

Glacier National Park

Bear, Lion and Penguin

Lady Bear

Glacier National Park

Glacier National Park

Glacier National Park

We made it! Spaceman and TraJiK at the northern terminus of the CDT at Waterton Lake.

CDT northern terminus at Waterton Lake