High mountains. Snow. Bright sunshine and bitterly cold winds. Marmots and pikas scurrying around boulder fields, squeaking their alarm calls as we approached. The last few days of hiking since we left Chama have been exactly what we hoped for from the Colorado section of the trail, as we toiled … Read More

Well, I guess we were overdue for some bad weather, and when it arrived it didn’t disappoint! As we neared the end of our 22 mile roadwalk into Creede, the wind gusted stronger and stronger, stirring up dust devils which whirled across the road from the mining spoil heaps. A … Read More

84 miles and 17, 493 feet of ascent over three and a half days – this was probably the most physically challenging section of the CDT so far, and we loved it! When we were planning our resupply however, we just looked at the mileage and reckoned on doing our … Read More

Well, we were passing by, and it is the highest mountain in the Rockies, and the second highest mountain in the contiguous United States … At 14,440 feet high we did feel the altitude a bit as we got near the top! More worrying were the black clouds which had … Read More

Maybe days off are better spent resting up and rehydrating, rather than dashing up mountains. So there were some good challenging ascents and some beautiful views over the last 70 miles, but I think that after our ascent of Mount Elbert we were probably a bit too tired to fully … Read More

This section really has been Colorado hiking at its best! Following high mountain ridges, climbing some of its highest peaks, long days spent above the treeline – it’s been challenging, but we expected nothing less when we set out on this trail. Our first half day out from Breckenridge was … Read More

Well the big mountains couldn’t go on forever, and in the last two days we have dropped down from the relatively cool mountains to a warm and muggy 6700 feet above sea level – the lowest we’ve been in weeks. But before we left the mountains behind, we still had … Read More