Content tagged with “Continental Divide Trail”
The Continental Divide Trail is a hiking trail in the Rocky Mountains, stretching roughly 3,000 miles from the Mexican border in New Mexico, through Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana, to the Canadian border at the north end of Glacier National Park. The CDT is managed by the Continental Divide Trail Coalition.
In 2022, I thru-hiked the CDT, hiking the trail from April 25th through October 17th.
Continental Divide Trail, 2022
- Why The Continental Divide Trail? (2/8/2020 5:58 pm)
- Picking a Direction of Travel (2/16/2020 9:11 pm)
- Alternates and Route Planning (2/23/2020 6:58 pm)
- Selecting a Start Date and Getting to the Trail (3/1/2020 9:05 pm)
- New Challenges on the CDT (3/9/2020 12:34 pm)
- The Wilderness Requires a Surprising Amount of Civilization (3/20/2020 7:16 pm)
- Let’s Try This Again Next Year... (4/3/2020 5:14 pm)
- Another Year, Another Delay (6/17/2021 2:01 pm)
- After Two Years of Delay, I’m Finally Hiking the CDT (4/19/2022 4:50 pm)
- Gear on the Continental Divide Trail (4/20/2022 5:54 pm)
- Continental Divide Trail Gear Changes (4/20/2022 5:55 pm)
- Final Preparation and Planning (4/20/2022 10:46 pm)
- Travel to Tucson, Arizona (4/21/2022 10:26 pm)
- Saguaro National Park, Tucson Mountain District (4/22/2022 10:02 pm)
- Saguaro National Park, Rincon Mountain District (4/23/2022 9:11 pm)
- Travel to Lordsburg, NM (4/24/2022 10:18 pm)
- Crazy Cook, Southern Terminus of the Continental Divide Trail (4/25/2022 10:08 am)
- Day 1: Fewer Cactus Than Expected (4/25/2022 10:30 pm)
- Day 2: Off Trail For the First Time, and Probably Not the Last (4/26/2022 7:37 pm)
- Day 3: A Suspiciously Snake-Like Branch (4/27/2022 9:02 pm)
- Day 4: Choose Your Own Adventure Through The Cow Pastures (4/28/2022 9:42 pm)
- Day 5: Return to the First Trail Town (4/29/2022 9:46 pm)
- Day 6: I Can Still See Lordsburg From Here (4/30/2022 9:09 pm)
- Day 7: A Beautiful Change of Scenery (5/1/2022 10:17 pm)
- Day 8: Canyon of the Cows (5/2/2022 10:14 pm)
- Day 9: The First Long Roadwalk (5/3/2022 10:35 pm)
- Day 10: Zero in Silver City (5/4/2022 10:18 pm)
- Day 11: The Alternate to the Alternate (5/5/2022 10:49 pm)
- Day 12: Towards the Gila River (5/6/2022 10:11 pm)
- Day 13: Into the Gila (5/7/2022 9:03 pm)
- Day 14: Who Needs Dry Feet, Anyways? (5/8/2022 9:05 pm)
- Day 15: Okay, Enough With The River Crossings Already (5/9/2022 9:39 pm)
- Day 16: In Search of Dry Feet (5/10/2022 8:55 pm)
- Day 17: “Tricky Intersection, Follow Carefully” (5/11/2022 10:38 pm)
- Day 18: The Goldfish Tank (5/12/2022 10:03 pm)
- Day 19: Lookout, There’s a Fire (5/13/2022 9:44 pm)
- Day 20: The Road to Pie (5/14/2022 11:04 pm)
- Day 21: Zero in Pie Town (5/15/2022 10:10 pm)
- Day 22: Are Those Clouds In The Sky? (5/16/2022 9:45 pm)
- Day 23: Riverbeds Make Poor Trails (5/17/2022 10:11 pm)
- Day 24: Choosing All The Wrong Rock Scrambles (5/18/2022 10:39 pm)
- Day 25: A Roadwalk Between a Rock and a Hard Place (5/19/2022 11:12 pm)
- Day 26: Zero in Grants (5/20/2022 8:42 pm)
- Fire & Snow Delay: Day 1: Travel to Albuquerque (5/21/2022 5:25 pm)
- Fire & Snow Delay: Day 2: Travel to Casa Bonita (5/22/2022 10:20 pm)
- Fire & Snow Delay: Day 3: Snow Gear & Movies (5/23/2022 11:44 pm)
- Fire & Snow Delay: Day 4: Petroglyphs (5/24/2022 11:16 pm)
- Fire & Snow Delay: Day 5: Lazy Day (5/25/2022 9:31 pm)
- Fire & Snow Delay: Day 6: Food Resupply (5/26/2022 10:44 pm)
- Fire & Snow Delay: Day 7: Travel to Chama (5/27/2022 11:08 pm)
- Day 27: Discontinuity (5/28/2022 9:48 pm)
- Day 28: Here Comes The Snow (5/29/2022 9:02 pm)
- Day 29: This Is Not A Winter Wonderland (5/30/2022 9:45 pm)
- Day 30: Involuntary Glissade (5/31/2022 8:52 pm)
- Day 31: Silver Pass Demands … A Water Bottle? (6/1/2022 8:29 pm)
- Day 32: A Rats Nest of Blowdowns and Snow (6/2/2022 3:31 pm)
- Day 33: Zero in Pagosa Springs (6/3/2022 11:44 pm)
- Day 34: A Reflected Echo (6/4/2022 10:04 pm)
- Day 35: Start of the Horseshoe (6/5/2022 8:18 pm)
- Day 36: In the Shadow of the Knife Edge (6/6/2022 8:52 pm)
- Day 37: The Trail Is A Pit Filled With Rocks (6/7/2022 9:51 pm)
- Day 38: A Window to Beauty (6/8/2022 9:40 pm)
- Day 39: The First Hailstorm (6/9/2022 6:54 pm)
- Day 40: Zero in Silverton (6/10/2022 11:51 pm)
- Day 41: Second Zero in Silverton (6/11/2022 11:47 pm)
- Day 42: Even The Mightiest Rivers Start Small (6/12/2022 6:47 pm)
- Day 43: A Short Detour to a Summit (6/13/2022 9:59 pm)
- Day 44: A Short Day to Lake City (6/14/2022 5:18 pm)
- Day 45: Steep Climbs, Steep Descents (6/15/2022 8:53 pm)
- Day 46: The First Fourteener (6/16/2022 10:09 pm)
- Day 47: Return to the Cow Pastures (6/17/2022 10:03 pm)
- Day 48: A Day Without Snow (6/18/2022 8:21 pm)
- Day 49: Headwaters Hill (6/19/2022 7:58 pm)
- Day 50: A Significant Lack of Butterflies (6/20/2022 11:19 pm)
- Day 51: An Unexpected Slackpack (6/21/2022 9:29 pm)
- Day 52: The Misdirected Biker (6/22/2022 8:51 pm)
- Day 53: Rain Delay (6/23/2022 8:35 pm)
- Day 54: Wandering the Ridges (6/24/2022 8:34 pm)
- Day 55: It’s Time to Finally Use the Ice Axe (6/25/2022 7:49 pm)
- Day 56: A Soggy Visit to Twin Lakes (6/26/2022 9:58 pm)
- Day 57: Zero in Basalt (6/27/2022 9:39 pm)
- Day 58: “Are You Celebrities?” (6/28/2022 8:47 pm)
- Day 59: On Top of the Rockies (6/29/2022 8:34 pm)
- Day 60: Gotta Keep Moving, Even If It’s Raining (6/30/2022 7:26 pm)
- Day 61: Dishwasher (7/1/2022 7:34 pm)
- Day 62: A Southbound Excursion (7/2/2022 8:18 pm)
- Day 63: Splitting the Party (7/3/2022 8:17 pm)
- Day 64: When Bikes Attack (7/4/2022 8:27 pm)
- Day 65: Return to Solitude (7/5/2022 9:40 pm)
- Day 66: Knife Edge (7/6/2022 9:11 pm)
- Day 67: Atop A Ridge (7/7/2022 7:41 pm)
- Day 68: Not The Town I Planned To Stay In (7/8/2022 11:18 pm)
- Denver Detour Day 1 (7/9/2022 11:59 pm)
- Denver Detour Day 2 (7/10/2022 11:59 pm)
- Denver Detour Day 3 (7/11/2022 11:59 pm)
- Day 69: Return to Winter Park (7/12/2022 9:38 pm)
- Day 70: Not An Effective Hiding Spot (7/13/2022 9:07 pm)
- Day 71: The Last Thirteener (7/14/2022 9:09 pm)
- Day 72: Man-made Lakes Galore (7/15/2022 10:09 pm)
- Day 73: Zero in Grand Lake (7/16/2022 10:10 pm)
- Day 74: The Rocky Mountain Loop (7/17/2022 11:21 pm)
- Day 75: If Only The Rain Would Make Up Its Mind (7/18/2022 10:24 pm)
- Day 76: A Troublesome Day (7/19/2022 9:51 pm)
- Day 77: The Last Roadwalk of Colorado (7/20/2022 9:51 pm)
- Day 78: Fastest Hitch Ever (7/21/2022 10:50 pm)
- Day 79: Attack of the Mosquitoes (7/22/2022 10:11 pm)
- Day 80: Wait, There’s Still Snow?! (7/23/2022 9:22 pm)
- Day 81: A Soggy Hello to Wyoming (7/24/2022 9:53 pm)
- Day 82: Cairns Mark the Way (7/25/2022 11:33 pm)
- Day 83: Towards the Red Desert (7/26/2022 11:12 pm)
- Day 84: A Dirt Road Marathon (7/27/2022 10:09 pm)
- Day 85: Two Marathons, Too Much Roadwalk (7/28/2022 7:40 pm)
- Day 86: Zero in Rawlins (7/29/2022 10:46 pm)
- Day 87: Into the Great Divide Basin (7/30/2022 10:23 pm)
- Day 88: Straight as an Arrow (7/31/2022 8:10 pm)
- Day 89: The Roads That Never End (8/1/2022 9:50 pm)
- Day 90: I Have Not Died of Dysentery (8/2/2022 8:30 pm)
- Day 91: The Town With No Power (8/3/2022 11:23 pm)
- Day 92: Foothills of the Winds (8/4/2022 9:52 pm)
- Day 93: A Soggy Fallen-Tree Paradise (8/5/2022 9:48 pm)
- Day 94: From Dry to Soaked in 2.5 Seconds (8/6/2022 8:23 pm)
- Day 95: Cirque of the Towers (8/7/2022 10:18 pm)
- Day 96: Land of Lakes (8/8/2022 9:17 pm)
- Day 97: Halfway (8/9/2022 11:52 pm)
- Day 98: Zero in Pinedale (8/10/2022 10:43 pm)
- Day 99: Double Zero in Pinedale (8/11/2022 9:38 pm)
- Day 100: Lead Weights (8/12/2022 9:09 pm)
- Day 101: The Green River Really Is Green (8/13/2022 8:46 pm)
- Day 102: Out of the Winds (8/14/2022 10:03 pm)
- Day 103: The Grizzly Avoidance Alternate (8/15/2022 10:50 pm)
- Day 104: Replacement Pack (8/16/2022 9:42 pm)
- Day 105: Grasshoppers Galore (8/17/2022 9:26 pm)
- Day 106: One Creek, Two Oceans (8/18/2022 9:37 pm)
- Day 107: A Welcome Surprise (8/19/2022 9:14 pm)
- Day 108: Bubbling Hot Springs (8/20/2022 9:52 pm)
- Day 109: Geysers Galore (8/21/2022 10:43 pm)
- Day 110: The Heart of Yellowstone (8/22/2022 10:03 pm)
- Day 111: Three States in One Day (8/23/2022 9:34 pm)
- Day 112: New Gear Makes for a Happy Hiker (8/24/2022 7:48 pm)
- Day 113: An Expedient Diversion (8/25/2022 10:22 pm)
- Day 114: Earthquake Lake (8/26/2022 9:41 pm)
- Day 115: A Twisty Maze of Roads and Trails (8/27/2022 9:32 pm)
- Day 116: Ridges and Plateaus (8/28/2022 9:37 pm)
- Day 117: A Long Road to Trail Magic (8/29/2022 10:54 pm)
- Day 118: Zero in Ennis (8/30/2022 8:34 pm)
- Day 119: More Montana Mountains (8/31/2022 9:26 pm)
- Day 120: A Mining Valley (9/1/2022 9:19 pm)
- Day 121: An Alternate Route to Whitehall (9/2/2022 10:09 pm)
- Day 122: Zero in Whitehall (9/3/2022 10:11 pm)
- Day 123: Plus or Minus Twenty Pounds of Sweat (9/4/2022 9:45 pm)
- Day 124: Return to the CDT (9/5/2022 8:56 pm)
- Day 125: A Short Day in to Butte (9/6/2022 11:00 pm)
- Day 126: A Short Day out of Butte (9/7/2022 9:02 pm)
- Day 127: A Windy Day on the Ridge (9/8/2022 8:47 pm)
- Day 128: Winter is Coming (9/9/2022 9:44 pm)
- Day 129: A Blurry Day to Helena (9/10/2022 11:47 pm)
- Day 130: Zero in Helena (9/11/2022 10:52 pm)
- Day 131: Red Sky at Night, Hiker’s Delight? (9/12/2022 9:14 pm)
- Day 132: Too Many Detours Makes a Hiker Grumpy (9/13/2022 9:54 pm)
- Day 133: Cheeseburger Delivery (9/14/2022 10:54 pm)
- Day 134: A Dry Shelter in the Rain (9/15/2022 8:27 pm)
- Day 135: Rainbow (9/16/2022 9:45 pm)
- Day 136: Ow, My Ankle! (9/17/2022 9:50 pm)
- Day 137: Hi, Bob (9/18/2022 3:46 pm)
- Day 138: Valleys of the Sun (9/19/2022 9:36 pm)
- Day 139: A Foggy Day Along The Wall (9/20/2022 9:08 pm)
- Day 140: A Baked Potato of a Cabin (9/21/2022 8:52 pm)
- Day 141: Gloom (9/22/2022 9:10 pm)
- Day 142: Bye, Bob (9/23/2022 9:44 pm)
- Day 143: Welcome to Glacier (9/24/2022 11:12 pm)
- Day 144: The First Real Taste of Glacier (9/25/2022 8:04 pm)
- Day 145: The Last Leg to Canada (9/26/2022 9:27 pm)
- Day 146: Triple Divide (9/27/2022 9:49 pm)
- Day 147: A Swiftcurrent to Views (9/28/2022 9:31 pm)
- Day 148: The End Is (Almost) In Sight (9/29/2022 9:17 pm)
- Day 149: The End Is Not The End (9/30/2022 10:22 pm)
- The Parting of the Ways (10/1/2022 10:45 pm)
- Rest in Calgary (10/2/2022 10:11 pm)
- Travel to New Mexico (10/3/2022 10:30 pm)
- Day 150: Return to Chama (The Waiting Game) (10/4/2022 9:41 pm)
- Day 151: Aspens Alight (10/5/2022 8:20 pm)
- Day 152: Meander (10/6/2022 8:41 pm)
- Day 153: Hunting for the Trail (10/7/2022 8:58 pm)
- Day 154: Towards the End of the Southern San Juans (10/8/2022 8:05 pm)
- Day 155: Once Again in Desert Dryness (10/9/2022 9:41 pm)
- Day 156: Interstitial Desert (10/10/2022 7:29 pm)
- Day 157: One Lucky Hiker (10/11/2022 8:24 pm)
- Day 158: The Last Resupply (10/12/2022 10:44 pm)
- Day 159: The Sandy Mesas (10/13/2022 8:41 pm)
- Day 160: A Last Night Under The Stars (10/14/2022 7:47 pm)
- Day 161: The Long Plateau (10/15/2022 8:48 pm)
- Day 162: The Muddy Road (10/16/2022 9:48 pm)
- Day 163: Triple Crown (10/17/2022 10:39 pm)
- Travel to Albuquerque, and Home (10/19/2022 6:37 pm)
- On Top of the World (10/9/2023 12:00 pm)
- Water Nowhere, and Everywhere (10/10/2023 12:00 pm)
- A Road Every Other Day (10/11/2023 12:00 pm)
- A Trail of Extremes (10/12/2023 1:00 pm)
- CDT Thru-Hike Statistics (10/26/2023 1:00 pm)
- Notable Alternate Routes (10/28/2023 3:00 pm)
- Beauty on the Trail (10/29/2023 12:00 pm)