- CT Day 20, July 19, Wednesday
- Start: S22 mile 10, CT mile 367.8, 12.2k
- End CT mile 397, Weminuche Wilderness, where the CT and CDT split, 12.4k
- Miles walked: 29.2
I start early, and can see the headlamps of Eric and Shannon approaching from below. The first climb of the day is to the CT high point.
The day is filled with a series of climbs over resplendent ridges, and then back down again. These are just a few.
I meet Gumby and One-Mile, who camped last night ever higher than I did.
Later I meet Extra Credit and Nine Lives, from Denver.
Past Stony Pass is the Weminuche Wilderness, which I remember rather well from my 2014 CDT trip. The area is rugged, beautiful, high elevation, and typically soggy from snow melt, especially the trails.
I miss my ambitious hiking goal, running out of daylight, not energy, and am forced to camp at high elevation at the junction where the CT and CDT diverge.
