Category: Trip Journal

• CT Day 16, July 15. Saturday
• Start: S17 mile 4.1, CT mile 286.1
• End: S18 mile 9.7, CT mile 312.1
• Miles walked: 26.0

The route continues along a broad ridge that dips up and down many times in forest with beetle-kill trees, and sometimes goes through broad meadows

Continue reading “Graze and Water”

• CT day 15, July 14, Friday
• Start: S15 mile 9.8, CT mile 262.3
• End: S17 mile 4.1, CT mile 286.1
• Miles walked: 23.8

A shelter cabin is along the trail, with no wooden floor like AT shelters regularly have.

After Marshall Pass water sources become fewer.

Continue reading “Dry and Different”

• CT Day 14, July 13, Thursday
• Start: Collegiate West mile 69.6
• End: S15 mile 9.8, CT mile 262.3
• Miles walked: 14.3

The morning begins with a climb up to a ridge.

Continue reading “Monarch and Merge”