Sagebrush personal hiking blog
Continental Divide Trail
CDT Montana 2016
Day 35, August 9, Tuesday
Start 25-072XL Elbow Creek Junction
Stop Summit Campground 25-356WT near Marias Pass
Miles walked: 28.6
The goal today to make long miles, so tomorrow can arrive at East Glacier in good time.
Blah trail for a few miles, thickly overgrown, wet plants from rain in the middle of the night, until it opens up to view of ridges to be walked in the distance
CDT Montana 2016
Day 34, August 8, Monday
Start SB195-M, mile 19.3 of alternative trail in the Bob
Stop 25-072XL Elbow Creek Junction
Miles walked: 27.1
Still below Trilobite
CDT Montana 2016
Day 33, August 7, Sunday
Start SB-020M, mile 2.1 of western alternative trail in Bob Marshall Wilderness
Stop SB195-M near Trilobite Range, mile 19.3 of alternative trail in the Bob Marshall Wilderness
Miles walked: 17.2
The trail starts wet and cold and clogged with plants overhanging the pathway, but transitions to shorter wet plants lower in altitude. The sky is overcast, and sun slow to shine into deep valley, when not blocked by clouds.
The forest seems thick and wild.
