Continental Divide Trail
The Basics of Planning a CDT Thru-Hike
Planning a thru-hike of the Continental Divide Trail? The CDT is an underrated gem of a trail. There’s a lot I think you should know, so for this first part,...
Why Overpreparing for a Thru-Hike Is Overrated
I’d say we’re all pretty lucky. We’re lucky to be hiking in a time when there are comprehensive and yearly updated guidebooks, water reports, and GPS apps at our fingertips,...
Calendar Year Triple Crown: 8,000 Miles, 3 Trails, 1 Year
Pacific Crest Trail: ~ 2,700 miles Continental Divide Trail: ~ 3,100 miles Appalachian Trail: ~ 2,200 miles 8,000 miles. Three trails. One year. To start, I will be kicking off...
Resupply Strategy on the Continental Divide Trail
Salt Lake City, Feb. 8, 2019: How do you get food over a distance of 3,000 miles? In this post I provide a brief summary of what you have to...
Introduction and My Triple Crown Journey
My non-hiker name is Rachael, but please call me Rabbit. I am a long-distance hiker embarking this year on my third thru-hike to complete my triple crown. It seems like...
Excited to Leave, Sad to Go
In just a month, Nick and I will be leaving Mammoth Lakes to travel back to Virginia before starting the Continental Divide Trail in New Mexico on April 30. This...
Which One is That?..
...Is the most common question I get when I tell people I’ll be hiking the CDT this summer. Short answer; it’s the one in the middle. Slightly longer answer; it’s...
2017 CDT Ultralight Gear List (With Camera)
2017 CDT Gear List Last year on my AT thru hike, I became aware of quite a few tweaks that I wanted to make to my gear set up. After...
Retrospective Update From the CDT: Idaho, Montana, and CANADA
(This is the final installment of my retrospective updates of my 2016 thru-hike of the Continental Divide Trail. Click here, THEM PAWS! Finally, I gotto see my first grizzly bears!...
A Retrospective Update From the CDT: WYOMING
Walking through the state of snow and high elevation, the need to stop and take zero days to recover was something I took advantage of fully. I also played a...
