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Sorry...should have specified. The plan is to go north.

I'm sort of wondering about non-typical challenges I might face, given that I am assuming I would be ahead of the normal hiker bulge....

I would like to thru-hike the PCT, but not sure I can retire in time from my teaching job.

Since we have an extra-long summer next year (May 24 until late August sometime), I was thinking about...

Books spoken for.

2013-14 Yogi's CDT handbook

8th edition Colorado Trail Handbook (lots of nice pictures) and topo map set

I realize these are dated, but I hate to just throw them away. If anyone wants them,...

Bummer! But thanks so much for the advice. If it were just me, I wouldn't be worried about some moderate exposure - but I'll have my 16 year old son with me, so it's probably a "no-go".

I'm...

Don't want to de-rail the thread, but any of you experienced CO hikers have a clue when the loop might be passable this season - the snotel maps seem to be kind of spotty, but maybe I'm reading them...

I'm enjoying all the thoughtful feedback - but what I was asking about primarily is something like this:

http://www.vafitness.com/

I'm sort of wondering how effective these programs are - they...

Okay...hope this isn't too off-topic.

The only kind of exercise I like is hiking or biking outside. I tried hard to learn to like to walk on the treadmill during winter in Wisconsin, but I find...

So...this got me thinking - earlier in 2015 I considered asking for a sabbatical to attempt a SOBO hike. I watched the Flattop Mountain Snotel every day all winter and fantasized about thru-hiking. ...

Yeah, I would like to thoroughly research routes too, but usually I don't have time. I have two jobs, so when I do get the time to head out with the family, I like to trust others recommendations.
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Well, my apologies then.

I even e-mailed admin and asked them to delete my response.

I didn't think the Bighorns were all that secret. The Trails Illustrated maps showed plenty of areas marked...

Maybe this is a dead thread - but my wife and two sons and myself did a 32 mile loop in the Cloud Peak wilderness back in mid-August and it was nearly a perfect trip.

We started at the trailhead...

Your photos are great - bring back some memories from the portion on the CT.

If you wouldn't mind, could you tell me what kind of camera you use?

I'm looking for a new one.

Thanks to everyone who responded!

I ordered the Nancy Pallister book that Mags suggested and it is fantastic. I'm drooling over some of those routes in the Winds, and am planning either a long...

My experience was a lot like Coffee's, only the previous year.

How long did it take you?
32 days including 3 full zeros in Leadville, Salida, and Lake City - three trail towns that I loved.
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Thanks, Mags.

The boys are 10 and 14 and pretty good hikers. Neither one wants to admit to being tired because they compete with each other, so Dad has to watch them both. It's more my wife that...

Alright, this isn't exactly a CDT thread, but I know some of you are familiar with these areas of the winds.

Are these areas as crowded in mid-August as many websites seem to hint at. I'm blown...

I'm glad I am not the only one to find those specs misleading. I ordered a Copper Spur UL2 right before my Colorado Trail thru in 2013 - paid for express shipping - and found the usable floorspace...

It's been a long time, but I remember thinking that David Brill's "As Far as the Eye can See" was pretty true to my experience back in '91.

I hiked the CT in 2013. I live at 1100' in Wisconsin, flew to Denver in the afternoon, stayed overnight and was on the trail the next morning.

As other posters have noted, I think altitude...

Hello Fellow Monster Foot,

I had an ad on here a couple of months ago with some large boots - a pair of Lowa Renegades that I put about 100 miles on during my Colorado Trail thru-hike - they are...

I'm not sure you can go wrong.

I have an Aether 70 that I thru-hiked the Colorado Trail with last summer.

I put a couple hundred miles on a ULA Circuit this summer.

For me the suspension on...

Archwood Flex-Trek 37,000,000,000,000 Whipsnake Edition

Hi Marta,

I've read your posts before, and it sounds like you have good local knowledge.

I read somewhere that Glacier tends to get less snow during El Nino winters, and apparently they are...

SWBO - started 6-23-13 and finished 32 days later. 3 zero days.

And thanks again, Jerry, for that potential fire walk-around route. I'm certainly glad I didn't have to use it, but it was good...