Fortunately for Fidgit, autumn tarried this year. It meant beautiful foliage, good company, sweeping views, and the typical thru-hiker foot and shoe mishaps. Our partners at Forever Cairn create handmade…
CDT Dispatch 8: The Great Basin, WY to Berthoud Pass, CO
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Colorado Trail: Allow me to Elaborate
2 weeks ago, in the Collegiate Peaks, the routine of valley dropping and ridge climbing shaped my days. 2000-3000 ft climbs at a rate of 2 or 3 per day…
Colorado Trail: Why Squirrels gotta Hate?
Awakening to a startling “WHUMP” on my tent fly, I checked my watch and decided it was still an hour too early to start the day. I rolled over. “WHAM…
Up Up & Away
Charging up the climb out of South Platte Canyon, I played leap frog with a team of cyclists and an equestrian couple through the mid-morning heat. I can’t pretend I…
Fidgit Plans to Hike the Colorado Trail
[The Colorado Trail is] a legacy which will feed the quest for adventure, and precipitate the special dimension of life imparted by the spirit of the outdoors. The dream has…
Colorado Trail – Copper toTennessee Pass
Any long distance hiker will agree: one of the best things about hiking is not hiking. That moment when the pack slides off your shoulders and your legs hang loose….
Janet’s Cabin
I worked the morning shift then hustled home, unpacked from the South Fork Loop, repacked and headed up to Copper Mountain to help prepare Janet’s Cabin for the winter season….
