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My Final Days on the Continental Divide Trail
Glacier National Park is nearly empty this time of year. A few locals visit, driving around to witness the change in seasons. After a couple early-October snowstorms, the clouds retreated...
An Early October Storm in Glacier
I met a couple other CDT hikers in the otherwise deserted village of East Glacier. After spending Saturday night at the Backpackers Inn, Windscreen and I relocated across town to...
Making Plans to Change Plans
Our morning in Leadore was spent trying to figure out our plans for the Goldstone Fire closure. These fire closures are and will continue to be a major point of...
Walking Through the Bob, Waiting Patiently for Winter
The hills burn in color, autumn becoming a dying season. Reds have mutated into burgundy and purple. What were once glowing, golden yellow leaves whither into a shade of mustard. ...
Changing of the Seasons in Montana
Upon arriving at MacDonald Pass, I stuck my thumb out and began my 100-mile hitch to the city of Missoula. Took me three separate rides to reach my destination yet...
Road Detour and Returning to Trail
Out of Leadore, I got a hitch to Bannock Pass and began my 156-mile road walk around the two fire closures that were lurking off to the west. Most of...
Reaching Canada and the Triple Crown
I first learned of thru-hiking seven or eight years ago. I'd heard of the Pacific Crest Trail before, but I figured it was something just one or two intrepid souls...
Along the Idaho and Montana Border
Mack’s Inn, ID, to Leadore, ID I was fairly successful in not getting stuck in town. I enjoyed a breakfast and then a veggie sub. A thru-hiker party gathered at...
Dodging Fires Through Montana
They say this trail is cold, and they were right. We haven't really had a hot day since New Mexico, but that all changed in Darby, MT. It was...
Walking in Between Montana and Idaho
The trail continues to toe the line between Idaho and Montana, the state border coinciding with the Continental Divide. Meanwhile, the weather toes the line between seasons. During the exposed
