Day 117: 10 Miles We slept in this morning, knowing there would be no cars to try and hitch a ride with very early. Waiting for a ride, we saw Enigma headed back to the trail, and will try and catch up with him in the next couple days. We got a ride into town … Read More “CDT Days 117-119: It Might be August, but it’s Cold in Montana” »
Month: August 2018
Day 115: 19 Miles It was a tough and windy day today. We had lots of climbing up ridges, and lots of time above the trees, so there was little windbreak. It was a day to put in the headphones, put the head down and brace against the wind. We managed to get a half … Read More “CDT Days 115-116: From Lincoln to Augusta” »
Day 113: 31 Miles It was a cold night last night. It didn’t rain, but the air was wet and chilly, and everything was damp with condensation this morning. We started hiking with all our layers on, but as the sun finally peered out we warmed up, and were able to dry out the wet … Read More “CDT Days 113-114: Riddling our Way Toward Lincoln” »
Day 110: 32 Miles Today was a pretty good day. The morning was foggy and moist. We alternated between ATV roads and trail, forest and grassy meadows. We accidentally took an alternate but it turned out to be on some pretty nice trail. We had a hard time finding a good spot to camp, but … Read More “CDT Days 110-112: Rainy Days in/out of Helena” »
Day 107: 5 Miles We got up pretty early this morning and took the time to make hot coffee before we started our road walk into town. Officially we could have stayed on trail a few more miles and hitched from the interstate, but that just sounded like a hard time, and walking in and … Read More “CDT Days 107-109: Leaving Butte” »
Day 105: 32 Miles Cowboy camping last night, we got some great views of the night sky and the meteor shower. Unfortunately, we woke up this morning to frost all over the quilt and everything else. We packed up in the cold and got moving to warm up. Our big day yesterday slowed us down … Read More “CDT Days 105-106: Circling Butte” »
Day 102: 26 Miles It was hot and muggy today. We got a ride back to the trail from a local trail angel around 9:00 am. The terrain was more gentle today than the past few days of hiking, but we walked through a burn zone much of the day so we had little shade. … Read More “CDT Days 102-104: Hello Montana” »
Day 100: <1 Mile Since we slept at the trailhead last night, we really just had to pack up and walk out to the road to start hitching. However, the highway we were on was headed West and ended in a mile at the highway we really needed to be on which headed North. Since … Read More “CDT Days 100-101: Extreme Nero and an Unplanned Zero in Darby” »
Day 95: 14 Miles We got up early this morning to make it to the road as early as possible, and get into Leadore, Idaho. (Pronounced Lead as in mining, ore as in mining, but there is no mining around here anymore). It was 13 miles, starting with a big uphill then working our way … Read More “CDT Days 95-99: Leadore to Darby Along the Idaho/Montana Border” »
Day 92: 25 Miles After sleeping in a little and having breakfast, the motel owner gave us a ride back to the trail, and we were hiking by about 10:00. It was an 8 mile gravel road walk, then uphill and walking on the ridge that divides Idaho and Montana for the rest of the … Read More “CDT Days 92-94: Ups and Downs for Days” »