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CDT Mapping Hike: Cabin Creek to Monarch Lake
Our last day is a hike through rolling woods and meadows. It’s interesting to me how this part of the trail is organized in my memory – a brief sequence of episodes. “Windy trail in trees”, “big meadow”, “trailhead with pit toilets and cabin” – but no details in between episodes. It’s pleasant to return…
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CDT Mapping Hike: Berthoud Pass to above Loch Lomond
A long morning’s climb takes us to the summit of Mount Flora, where we begin a detour to avoid a rocky, technical section of the divide. On the descent from Breckenridge Peak we hike some of the most elaborately constructed rock trail I’ve ever seen. The trail then becomes less distinct, but we keep it…
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CDT Mapping Hike: Pettingell Divide to Berthoud Pass
It’s a pretty cold and windy night on the divide, but the morning brings ridge hiking as sweet as it comes. Shortly after this picture Jeremy and Bob startle a mountain goat that flies across the rocky terrain below us. Another tough climb takes us to Stanley Mountain. We try to find camping before Berthoud…
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My version
(Congratulate me if I successfully make this post–it’ll be my first foray into the blogosphere….) On Sunday, 7/29 I drove Dylan to the trailhead he wanted to start out at around 9am. No, you don’t get a link to a map, a gps coordinate, or even specific information about what trailhead it was. It was…
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CDT Mapping Pre-hike: Beaver Reservoir to Monarch Lake
I’ve volunteered for the BACKPACKER Magazine CDT Mapping project as a team leader, and my first task is to meet my two team members at Monarch Lake. I figure it’s about 16 miles of hiking, but Sawtooth Mountain looks very tempting, and the trail is quite wiggly on the west side. The elevation profile ends…