- 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.
The route is often on old road, often very rocky. Single-track is primitive with usually no drainage features. Dirt bikes are allowed in this section, and I saw several. It seemed like rock was added to two-track, but surely they didn’t do that, right?
Jackrabbit passed by and chatted. He had done the East Collegiates, and had spent a few nights in Leadville. I also saw Tigger today, who I had met just before Monarch.
Cattle were grazing on a series of open meadows surrounded by trees (parks)
Gone are the magnificent vistas of the Western Collegiates, and my brain is slow to adjust.
Finished audiobook The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel, by Baroness Orczy