Entrance to the Cirque of the Towers
Saturday, August 6, 2022 8:23 pm
Location: Cirque of the Towers: Big Sandy Lake (1386.4 miles)

Generally miserable weather shortened today’s hike, but fantastic scenery on the way to the Cirque of the Towers made it entirely worth it.

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Larsen Creek
Friday, August 5, 2022 9:48 pm
Location: Cirque of the Towers: Campsite 1.9 (1377.0 miles)

An unexpectedly wet day, with more climbing over fallen trees than I’ve ever had before, made for fewer miles than I planned, as I hiked deeper into the Winds.

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Into the Winds
Thursday, August 4, 2022 9:52 pm
Location: East Sweetwater River (1359.1 miles)

Today brought me into the foothills of the Wind River Range, the next major section of the CDT.

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Snow on the Mountains
Wednesday, August 3, 2022 11:23 pm
Location: Atlantic City / Wild Bill’s Bed and Breakfast (1340.6 miles)

After a series of long days, I took a short day and stopped at a B&B in Atlantic City, just a mile off the trail.

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The Winds
Tuesday, August 2, 2022 8:30 pm
Location: Rock Creek (1330.6 miles)

The long roadwalk through the Great Divide Basin is nearly at an end, as I cross historic pioneer trails and come within sight of the Winds.

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