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Continental Divide Trail

Continental Divide Trail 2021

When I hiked the CDT in 2021, heavy snow in the San Juan Mountains and fires on the Idaho-Montana border forced me to take alternate routes. The alternates allowed me to hike a continuous footpath for the entire distance from Mexico to Canada.

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Day 76, Jasper Lake to Rifle Sight Notch

Sunbeams strike the trail that leads to Devil's Thumb Lake

Day 77, Rifle Sight Notch to Bill Moore Lake

The CDT near Rogers Pass and James Peak

Day 78, Bill Moore Lake to Berthoud Pass

Top O' walks on the CDT toward Berthoud Pass

Day 79, Berthoud Pass to Stanley Mountain

A long stretch of the CDT across the Vasquez Mountains

Day 80, Stanley Mountain to Herman Gulch

OT walks ahead on a ridge

Day 81, Herman Gulch to Chihuahua Gulch

OldTimer reaches the summit of Grays Peak

Day 82, Chihuahua Gulch to Keystone

Top O' and OldTimer look for the correct way to go

Day 83, Keystone to Miner's Creek Trail

OldTimer and Top O' walk ahead

Day 84, Miner's Creek Trail to Guller Creek

A sign points directions for the CDT and CT

Day 85, Guller Creek to Tennessee Pass

Morning sun over Guller Creek on the CDT

Day 86, Tennessee Pass to Galena Mountain

Top O' and OT walk on the CDT

Day 87, Galena Mountain to Dayton Gulch

Dawn sky

Day 88, Dayton Gulch to Sheep Gulch

A marmot near Hope Pass

Day 89, Sheep Gulch to Texas Creek

A view from Lake Ann Pass

Day 90, Texas Creek to Mineral Basin

A post with emblems of the CDT and CT marks the trail

Day 91, Mineral Basin to Hancock Lake

Thick smoke from the Morgan Creek Fire

Day 92, Hancock Lake to Monarch Pass

A cairn on the Continental Divide Trail

Day 93, Monarch Pass to Windy Peak

OldTimer walks through a forest on a rainy day

Day 94, Windy Peak to Razor Creek

A morning view on the CDT near Windy Peak in Colorado

Day 95, Razor Creek to Los Creek

A wide view of the sky

Day 96, Los Creek to Diablo Cañón

A marker shows the footpath of the Colorado and Continental Divide trails

Day 97, Diablo Cañón to Creede

Top O' walking to San Luis Pass

Day 98, Creede to U.S. Highway 160 and South Fork

Crossing the Rio Grande

Day 99, Flipping back to Wyoming

Riding to Denver in Lorax's minivan

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