Tag: backpacking

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

CDT 2015 update: The section from Lordsburg to Pie Town has brought about a nice change of scenery. Desert hiking has now been replaced by forests and the Gila river. New Mexico is definitely greener… Read more

I arrived safely in Lordsburg, New Mexico on May 7th and joined up with my hiking buddy Sean, aka RestStop, who arrived later that day. There was no shuttle going to the border on the 8th, but we already… Read more