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  • Why Most CDT Hikers Leave the Official Trail to Hike This Unique Alternate
  • Congratulations to These 2026 Continental Divide Trail Finishers (Part 1)
  • Continental Divide Trail Run: Committed to Giving Back

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thetrek.co /3 weeks ago

Why Most CDT Hikers Leave the Official Trail to Hike This Unique Alternate

he Continental Divide Trail is a 3,038.2-mile trail from Mexico to Canada, spanning five states and largely adhering to the geographic Continental Divide of the country. Technicall...

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thetrek.co /1 day ago

Congratulations to These 2026 Continental Divide Trail Finishers (Part 1)

he Continental Divide Trail is often regarded as one of North America’s most difficult and iconic thru-hikes, stretching over 3,000 miles between the US/Mexico border in New Mexico...

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ultrarunning.com /2 days ago

Continental Divide Trail Run: Committed to Giving Back

This year was the 29th running of the Continental Divide Trail Run (CDTR), in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. The CDTR consists of three distances and is one of 12 races in the nonpro...

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thetrek.co /1 month ago

The Continental Divide Trail: Ghost Ranch, New Mexico

Part 47 Breakfast Hell “The inner machinations of my mind are an enigma.” — Patrick Star, SpongeBob SquarePants ightning in the dark. The glowing eyes of a gray fox. A river canyon...

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thetrek.co /1 month ago

The Continental Divide Trail: What’s in Grants, NM?

Part 49 Dead Mouse Water “You are Family.” -David of Grants esa shadows oozed across the scrubland. Twisting spires reached toward the reddening sky—the fingers of stone giants pok...

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thetrek.co /3 weeks ago

CT Day 12: Up and Down

Day 12: 12.8 trail miles from Jefferson Creek to Swan River Today’s defining feature was the climb:  2,000 feet elevation gain over 5.3 miles, getting all the way up to 11,800 feet...

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thetrek.co /3 weeks ago

The Continental Divide Trail: The Cebolla Alternate.

Part 50 The Wind Eye “Most invented languages begin with invented names.” — Ursula K. Le Guin ames are tricky things. They feel natural on the tongue, native to the mind, but they...

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thetrek.co /2 weeks ago

The Continental Divide Trail: Entering Pie Town

Part 51 The Human Game, Part Twain “The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.” — Stephen King, The Gunslinger rown gravel crunching. Scrub dispersed wit...

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thetrek.co /1 month ago

Week 11 on the CDT

Farewell Wyoming, Hello Colorado! Crossing a state border is always a momentous occasion, a big milestone in the epic journey, and only occurs 4 times on the 3000+ mile CDT. This o...

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thetrek.co /2 weeks ago

The Great Colorado Route: A Thru-Hiker Just Created a 1,700-Mile Loop Trail Around Colorado

onovan “Iceman” Rice just became the first successful thru-hiker of the Great Colorado Route (GCR), a 1700-mile loop trail of his own creation. The trail summits 47 of Colorado’s 1...

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thetrek.co /1 week ago

Week 16 on the CDT

Elevation gain since last update: 6,314m/20,715ft Total elevation gain so far: 106,739m/350,193ft (equivalent of 12.1 Everests)   Southern San Juans The final section of Colorado c...

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thetrek.co /1 month ago

Colorado Trail Days 21-22: Summiting San Luis Peak & Reaching Lake City

Day 21 – San Luis Peak! 18.3 trail miles + San Luis Peak Summit It was cold this morning. Hiking through the valley was chilly enough that I had to stop and put on my rain jacket,...

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thetrek.co /1 week ago

The Continental Divide Trail: The Toaster House in Pie Town, NM: After Nita.

Part 52 Just Takers “That which is common to the greatest number has the least care bestowed upon it.” — Aristotle, Politics November, 2025 ver forty years ago a wife and mother of...

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thetrek.co /1 week ago

Centennial Trail

In late-September, I hiked the beautiful 125 mile Centennial Trail (CenT) through the South Dakota Black Hills. These are really not hills, per se, but mountains the size of which...

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thetrek.co /1 month ago

Week 9 on the CDT

Gros Ventre Wilderness and The Wind River Range Wyoming continues to impress me with its wilderness, wildlife, and mountains. This area is truly some of the best mountain scenery I...

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thetrek.co /1 month ago

Week 12 on the CDT

Northern Colorado  The penultimate state in my southbound CDT journey is the one I was looking forward to the most, and is the only one I had visited before. After leaving Steamboa...

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thetrek.co /1 month ago

The Biggest CDT Alternate – Winging It Through the Gros Ventre and the Tetons

Hey Folks! I am still plugging along northward on the CDT and loving it!  I’d last updated y’all from Dubois, so things will pick back up here with my hike north through the Gros V...

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thetrek.co /1 month ago

Colorado Trail Days 25-26: The Train to Silverton & A Much-Needed Reset

Day 25 – The Train to Silverton 9.5 miles Gooooood morning! I woke up bright and early at 5:43 a.m., one minute before my alarm was set to go off at 5:44. I was groggy and puffy-ey...

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thetrek.co /3 weeks ago

Congratulations to These 2026 Pacific Crest Trail Finishers (Part 2)

he Pacific Crest Trail is one of North America’s most beautiful and iconic thru-hikes, stretching 2,650 miles from the Mexican border all the way to Canada. Every year, thousands o...

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thetrek.co /3 weeks ago

Week 14 on the CDT

Elevation gain since last update: 9,402m/30,846ft Total elevation gain so far:    Sidequests and Peak Bagging Central Colorado is where I had planned a lot of potential alternative...

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thetrek.co /2 weeks ago

Week 15 on the CDT

Elevation gain since last update: 6,158m/20,203ft Total elevation gain so far: 100,425m/329,478ft (equivalent of 11.3 Everests)   Into the San Juans As we leave the Collegiate Peak...

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thetrek.co /3 weeks ago

CT Day 8: Into Fairplay

Day 8: 7.2 Trail Miles to Kenosha Pass This felt like a tough day for such a short one – too much sun and altitude had me feeling not great. I felt like I was dragging out of the g...

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thetrek.co /1 month ago

Year 2 Day 4 – Th 7-30 Milk Creek

The views from Fire Creek Pass, both to the east and the west, were spectacular. In fact, it was those views that convinced me to eat lunch there. The post Year 2 Day 4 – Th 7-30 M...

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thetrek.co /1 week ago

500+ Miles on the Pacific Crest Trail

Day 38 – Mile 444 – The 49er Saloon, Acton It was 5:30 when I woke to my alarm on the dark, cold patio of The 49er Saloon. Using an almost empty fuel canister found in the hiker bo...

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