Greetings from the small community of Twin Lakes, Colorado. We have now hiked 175 miles of the Colorado Trail with 309 miles remaining. The hike is going well and the weather has improved. It’s been three days since any significant rain has fallen. We saw a red fox this morning from our tent site, Deb’sContinue reading “Twin Lakes”
Category Archives: Walking
Breckenridge
Today we passed the 100 mile mark in our hike and we arrived in the resort community of Breckenridge, Colorado. The Colorado Trail gives up any pretense of being a wilderness experience here as the trail drops down from the mountains between a mobile home park and a condominium complex to a bus stop onContinue reading “Breckenridge”
Colorado Weather
The weather has been interesting on the Colorado Trail. It rains every day like clockwork at three PM — except on the days it rains at noon or five PM or during the night. The thunderstorms usually don’t last very long, but they can be pretty exciting with lightning and loud thunder and sometimes hail.Continue reading “Colorado Weather”
Colorado Trail: Waterton Canyon to Kenosha Pass
We have made it 72 miles on the Colorado Trail to Kenosha Pass where we are making a quick stop in the small town of Jefferson to resupply. The hike has been wonderful so far and we have met quite a number of fellow hikers who are hiking to Durango. About 15 hikers were campedContinue reading “Colorado Trail: Waterton Canyon to Kenosha Pass”
Day 174
Day 174: September 23rd Mile 2653.8 to Manning Park, BC This morning I walked the final six miles to the northern terminus of the Pacific Crest Trail at the Canadian border where I found Deb waiting for me. She had camped at the trail camp about 2/10 mile into Canada. We celebrated briefly (along withContinue reading “Day 174”
Day 173
Mile 2635.9 to Mile 2653.8 Today was my last full day of hiking and I ended up camping just six miles south of the Canadian border. I encountered a surprising number of hikers returning to Harts Pass (nearly 20) walking southbound back to Harts Pass after reaching the northern terminus of the Pacific CrestContinue reading “Day 173”
