CDT Joy: Fall is here in Colorado

Day 66: 18 miles

The highlight: leaving Saratoga.

I woke up just before 7 am and did some ankle stretching in bed before lowering the stairs at the Episcopal Church house, where I stayed the night last night with several other hikers. I started washing clothes with midnight and then heading to the local breakfast restaurant.

After breakfast, I made a refueling of $ 20 as I had stayed more than a day of food in my package of this last section and midnight I had part of my foods that we bounced from Dubois when our plans changed due to fire.

Back in the attached house of the church, I took a lovely shower and then packed my bags to get out of the city. We arrive at the main road shortly after 10 am and walk to the edge of the city to start doing Caketop.

Shortly after, the Towns high school director picked us up to take us 15 miles along the way, where there was a crossing for him to go to another city. We go out and protrude our thumbs again. While we waited, we saw two other hikers on the back of a truck in Saratoga.

Our next problem was a couple who are farmers and headed to the city of the camp to another 10-15 miles along the way. They left us in the post office and needed to take care of the businesses in the city, but offered a trip to the Battle Pass path after they ended if we were not successful.

Thirty minutes or less passed without luck and our trip arrived and picked us up to take us to continue. She was an EMT in the area and told us stories of some of the rescue calls and ambulance calls here in the desert.

It was just after 11:30 am when we arrived at the beginning of the path and started a dirt road before reaching a single path of path.

The weather has changed and has changed dramatically since it left the basin. It was cold in my hiking clothes, especially when the sun went behind the clouds and rain clouds began to roll up. We knew that there should be thunderstorms in the afternoon, so we were prepared, but still, I found myself being thrown by hail of the size of a pea without much help from a thin stick like pines near the path.

He acclaimed for more than 30 minutes and then began to decrease to light rain. I arrived at a water source around 4 pm and leaked water when it began to fly again. I put on the rain pants to help keep my shorts dry, since it was close to the end of the day and they would probably not have time to dry.

At the beginning of the pipeline of the pipe, I took a dirt road that kept some lifting, distance and had more water sources and camping in the comments. We arrived at the camp area, but there were several recreational vehicles with operational generators, so we continue and connect back to the red line of CDT and a forest. There were many widowed trees, but I could find a safe area to prepare the night.

I configured my store and then added additional layers. I opened a warmer hand while my fingers and ears were already starting to fall asleep and would become colder as the night was one for dinner, I enjoyed couscous with pesto and chicken and a cadbury chocolate bar Carmel for dessert. Then I spent time planning for tomorrow with water sources and possible camp options before heading to bed to spend the night.

Day 67: 28.2 miles

The highlight: Wyoming/ Colorado Border. Trail Magic Frappacino.

Last night it was one of the least peaceful nights in the field in a time. He could listen to the generator of car campers a quarter of a mile on the road and here his dogs barking. In the other distance I could hear sheep and sheep dogs warning and barking.

I went to bed with a hand heater and I was glad to have done it because I was very cold during the night. I woke up Frost in the grass and my store was soaked in condensation throughout the humidity of the rain yesterday.

After packing, I left the path sailing in a meadow and ended up with wet feet. Then, at a midnight mile of the day and found the sheep and sheep dogs in the middle of the path. They stopped us for what seemed ten minutes, shouting to the dogs that stay behind and that the sheep moved from the road to cross.

Three miles of the day was the border of Wyoming and Colorado. Only two more states to go! We take photos on the border and then plan to meet at the next water source. The Midnights Farout application showed no comments this morning, which made it impossible to know what icon contained water and which were dry for the season.

On our way there, we obtained the magic of trails in the form of two bears resistant refrigerators and two camp chairs. Inside the refrigerators was Starbucks Frappacino Latte and a little pepper. The note congratulated us for our trip and welcomed us to Colorado. I drove my sun to the sun and enjoyed a drink before packing.

A chair and caffeine!

While I was there, I also met Casper, whom I met in the two medicine stores in Glacier the day before starting my walk by CDT. He was a few days ahead and had walked to this place and I was able to ask about the snow conditions in the passes.

At the end of the day, Colorado welcomed us with impressive views of the mountain and spongy clouds. I had dinner on a path and I could throw my garbage in a nearby garbage container before walking some miles at dusk to the camp before a large climb that will be tomorrow morning.

Day 68: 25.0 miles

The highlights: rises to 11,852 feet. Trail Magic Red Bull.

Midnight and I prepared in the dark to be able to see the sun at our climb of up to 11,852 feet this morning. We camped at 8,472 feet and woke up Frost in my tent and in my backpack. The tent created when I rolled her in her bag with the ice layer breaking while packed.

While walking, the frost was also frozen in the grass in the meadow, which was quite pleasant, since it avoided wet feet in the morning. The sun rose when we climbed and had our first sun rays just after 7 am

After the big climb, the trees left and we stayed with 360 degree views. You could see incredible mountains in the distance and deep blue alpine lakes. The path was marked in some areas by Rock Cairns, since the path was in large rocks.

Colorado mountain view

We stopped every 5-10 miles in water sources to take a break and filter water. For today’s lunch I had bean and fried sauce and an inestable sandwich and some Reese’s rest sweets.

The path was very rocky today, which made it a little slower, since it had to do where it puts your feet. The rocky floor also made it less soft compared to the meadow and the forests of yesterday and I noticed that my feet were more sore.

Hiking above 10,000 feet

After a second lunch, 20 miles for the day and just after 2 pm, we went through a path where a complete circle of trail magic left us. She got me a Red Bull without sugar that is one of the candies of the city that I usually receive in the mornings that I leave the city for the path.

This is my second day in Colorado and my second private path and second day of magic of trails. I feel so spoiled here.

From the beginning of the path, the path entered and left between the forest with many fallen trees and some open meadows. I made a camp in the wooded area without any widows manufacturer and I established my store the first one that I have in a time, just after 5:30 pm I enjoyed chicken and ramen with coconut oil for dinner and then planned items that I will need to enter the city of Steamboat tomorrow. Autumn is definitely here now and I would like to obtain some warmer layers for the next section of the path.

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