Month: August 2016

CDT Montana 2016

[For the beginning of my Montana CDT trip, start here.]

Day 45, August 19, Friday

Start Fifty Mountain Campsite 30-207CG

Stop Waterton Park, CANADA 30C-043TH

Trail miles walked: 18.9

Most of the morning is on the northern segment of Highline Trail, halfway up a high ridge.

Snow-covered peaks are in the distance across a lower ridge. Several intriguing glaciers and lakes are above me on top of mountains that I am walking along, not visible from the trail itself.

The trail starts to descend, with wet overgrown vegetation at lower elevation.

Can you make out the path?

Continue reading “O Canada”

CDT Montana 2016

Day 44, August 18, Thursday

Start Granite Campsite 30-091XR

Stop Fifty Mountain Campsite 30-207CG

Trail miles walked: 11.6

The day start dark, cloudy, and cold… and stays that way.

All photos of views on the Highline Trail will be dark and almost colorless.

Continue reading “Fifty Mountain”