colorado trail
The Trail Provides: How the Colorado Trail Healed My Post-Trail Depression
Thirty-seven days of hiking in Colorado rewired my brain. It broke everything I owned, but put me back together. Handies Peak from American Basin In my post-trail depression, I felt...
The Evolution of My Gear Over 4000+ Miles on Three Continents
One of my favorite aspects of backpacking is that you really can get outside with very little. You can start with cheap options and get more and more dialed, and...
CDT: bees and the worst day on trail
“Good!” the other one. I don’t know if they’re truly this cheery coming down the mudslide I’m trying to go up or if they’re just wildly amused by my appearance....
CDT: San Juans, the best is yet to be hiked
Magic, the San Juans are pure magic. Within minutes, the storm unleashed itself. Hail began to fall, bouncing and skittering across the rocks like mischievous spirits. The wind picked up, sharp...
CDT sidequest El Dorado: Argentine Spine to Mount Elbert
Slowly, I make my way up through the dark forest before the trail climbs above tree line. A faint violet shimmer on the horizon, sunrise. There’s no one else around,...
Day 67 – 72: Colorado, it’s a crowd out here
The surrounding peaks, once towering and majestic, now looked like humbled giants from here. Colorado has become a playground. The world beneath folding into a patchwork of valleys and rocks,...
The Hitchhikers Guide to Hospitality
We’ve all been there, standing on a degrading asphalt shoulder, thumbs towards the heavens, as yet ANOTHER nearly empty car zooms past without acknowledging our existence. There’s no doubt that
The Last Miles of the Colorado Trail
Two days left. One more full day and night and then I’d be done the Colorado Trail.
Counting Down the Miles on the Colorado Trail
The day coming out of Molas Pass was beautiful. The trail stayed right at tree line, curling in and out along a ridge
The San Juans Will Break Your Heart
Colorado Trail Days 29 & 30 - Cataract Lake to Elk Park Spur Like many long-distance hikers, I’ve enjoyed backpacking through many diverse mountain ranges. The Canadian Rockies are my...