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CDT: Border Hopping and Getting My Trail Legs
Leaving Chief Joseph Pass the trail begins the bottom part of the “S” it began around Butte. Strange how the Continental Divide turns back on
CDT:The Anaconda-Pintler: No, it’s not a snake
Butte was behind me. The trail was now going northwest which somehow made me think I was going backwards. I had a wonderful zero with the fam at the
CDT – Red line vs. Blue line vs. Make your own line
The six-mile highway walk brought me to the small town of Elliston where I scored one of the four rooms at the Last Chance Motel. Nothing else was
CDT – The In-Between Places
The CDT is a really long trail so we hikers generally break it down into major geographic milestones. In Montana and Wyoming these would be: Glacier
CDT – Braving the Bob Marshall Wilderness
Glacier National Park was behind me and I was now in the infamous Bob Marshall Wilderness, “the Bob” for short. I had heard so many stories about the
Finishing Glacier Park
Day 7 - Headed to Looking Glass - 11.5 miles I wasn’t in a hurry to move the next morning. The hard hiking the day before had worn me out but I had
The CDT – Glacier National Park Addition Part 3
Day 6 - Triple Divide Pass, Pitamakin Pass and Two Medicine CG - 24.7 milesI hardly slept that night but by 5:45 am I was hiking south. I
The CDT – Glacier National Park Addition – Part 2
Day 4 - 15.3 milesLow whispers and the rustling of tents woke me early. I lay listening to the excited chatter for a few minutes. I was
The CDT- Glacier National Park Addition – Part 1
Hectic Day 1 - 9.5 milesThree days before my carefully planned start to the CDT an impending weather system had me changing my itinerary.
CDT Prep – Shakedown Hike in the Smokies
Armed with new knowledge and a beefed-up first aid kit I set out confidently for my shakedown hike in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. I