Herd of Elk
Saturday, July 23, 2022 9:22 pm
Location: North Fork Elk Creek (1111.8 miles)

I managed to get up early today, and started hiking by 6:30 am, continuing my charge out of Colorado. Unfortunately, it wasn’t early enough to avoid the mosquitoes, which were just as bad this morning as they were last night.

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Mountain Lake
Friday, July 22, 2022 10:11 pm
Location: Campsite 1458.0 (1088.0 miles)

Leaving Steamboat Springs, I headed north, finally on my way to Wyoming.

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Rabbit Ears Peak
Thursday, July 21, 2022 10:50 pm
Location: Muddy Pass / Steamboat Springs (1065.9 miles)

A day of road walking (and a hitch) brought me to Steamboat Springs, the final trail town in Colorado.

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Grassy Mountainside
Wednesday, July 20, 2022 9:51 pm
Location: Campsite 1424.0 (1057.0 miles)

Today, a very long roadwalk out of the mountains put me in position for a “short” day into Steamboat Springs tomorrow.

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Haystack Mountain
Tuesday, July 19, 2022 9:51 pm
Location: Poison Ridge Campsites (1030.3 miles)

Today’s trek west took me over the last mountain over 12,000 feet on the trail, as the trail continues its slow decrease in elevation on the way out of Colorado.

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