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 …
CDT Days 110-112: Rainy Days in/out of Helena
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 …
CDT Days 107-109: Leaving Butte
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 …
CDT Days 105-106: Circling 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 …
CDT Days 102-104: Hello Montana
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 …
CDT Days 100-101: Extreme Nero and an Unplanned Zero in Darby
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 …
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CDT Days 95-99: Leadore to Darby Along the Idaho/Montana Border
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 …
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