Category: Colorado Trail

Memories from the Trail

Colorado Trail Days 27-29: Silverton to Durango

Hi from Durango, at the southern end of the Colorado Trail. I did it! We went straight from the trail to a Chinese food feast in a downtown Durango park, and now I’m clean, showered, and resting in a hotel bed. I’ll post a summary and reflection of the trail soon, but for now here’s…
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Colorado Trail Days 24-26: Lake City to Silverton

Hi from Silverton! What a funny place. On my nearo here I have enjoyed a great hearty breakfast and yummy pizza, tried to make a dent in the largest bag of popcorn known to man, and explored the small mining town, including “Notorious Blair Street,” a restored Wild West town street. It has been an…
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Colorado Trail Days 16-23: Salida to “Lake City”

I’m actually in Steamboat I got off the trail on Saturday at mile 357 at Spring Creek Pass, about 17 miles from Lake City in southern Colorado. The plan was to take a nearo and head out again on Sunday. However, on the trail things (especially the weather) does not always go as planned. As…
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Colorado Trail Days 12-15: Buena Vista to Salida

Hi from more than halfway down the CT! We are back in our trusty Salida hotel (shout out to the SureStay by Best Western!) for a quick town stopover before we head out again! We hiked 16 miles into town today so it hasn’t felt like a day off, but we got showers, resupplied good,…
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Same Apple, New Trail! The Colorado Trail Download

Hi!! I said I’d be back for another long trail in the future, and now I am delivering. Next up: the Colorado Trail. I am heading off in less than a week, so no time like the present to offer some details. What is the Colorado Trail? The CT is a 485-mile hiking and bike-packing…
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