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Loved staying at the Bivvi when I thru hiked last year. Highly recommend staying with them, great staff and a beautiful lodge.

Thank you for the complement Sublime.

Love my Zebralight as well and also use AA Lithium batteries in it. Although if I were ever to replace it I think I'd look into a USB rechargeable type headlamp.

Thunderstorms will influence your day to day hiking plans. The storms can either push you to hike faster to clear a pass/high exposed ares. Or the storms can cause you to hold up or stop hiking...

You will love it out west. Myself I loved all the hiking above tree line, going through the passes and staying at all the great towns along the trail

CrumbSnatcher,

I hope you can thru hike the Colorado trail this year. It is an amazing trail that as the locals will tell you as you begin to hike along it "You haven't seen...

I am glad you both enjoyed the video, Colorado is a special place.

Oh, forgot to say the movies were taken with my Samsung Galaxy cell phone in that link. They are also more or less in order from Denver to Durango.

I've posted a couple of videos of my CT thru hike I did last July 2017. This is a like to the second one I posted.

https://youtu.be/W8T5DUksw3o

I am no pro at this and this is the first time...

Oh, and hike the Collegiate West, outstanding scenery.

Also didn't mean for comments on Toiletries/Heath to be in all bold letters.

I thru hike the CT last year from July 2 to August 1 and man what a great experience I had. Like the other have said you have a good list at a nice base weight. I also think everyone had some good...

I too like a wide opening food bag and I use a Zpacks food. I bought a Ursack food bag for my Colorado trail thru hike last year but never used it. I just couldn't get use to it being tall and narrow...

When I thru hiked the CT this July I carried a head net and some deet wipes. The head net I never used and the wipes a few times.

thecornflake, I thru hiked the Colorado Trail from Denver to Durango this July in 31 days. For me it was such an incredible experience and far exceeded my expectations. I loved every single day of it...

So far it has been good at keeping the rain out. That being said I bought two bags so the one I'll be taking is pretty much new, the older one will stay at home. I also carry cuben repair tape that...

Saltysack I'll be doing the same as you. I bought a Ursack for my CT thru hike because the possibility of no trees to hang from. Didn't like the Ursack it because it is tall and narrow unlike the...

Flying into Denver July 2 and looking to finish around August 3. Happy trails to everyone hiking this year and maybe I'll see some of you along the trail.

Salty, I'm not real familiar with Apple's ride to town. I know about how he sets up along the trail and gives out trail magic. So you're going into Gunnison instead of Salida for resupply?

Are the Lake City Trail Angeles going to be providing shuttle service from Spring Creek Pass to Lake City again this year? If so what will the pick up times be?

You can also use vaseline to rub into the cotton balls to make a fire started. After making them up you can store them in a small zip lock or a film canister. I have not tries nail polish remover on...

FYI, Just talked to the nice folks at the Simple Lodge & Hostel in Salida. They do except drop boxes via UPS or FedEx.

MuddyWaters I emailed Simple Hostel to see if they take packages via UPS. Also good advice on the credit card, I am doing that to help offset the cost of the trip.

handlebar, good to know getting...

The LAD ABC Weather watch for $45.00 off Amazon isn't a bad watch. Along with the altimeter it has a barometer that has a graph and in the left corner shows by symbol the weather prediction. I like...

saltysack I also will not be sending my drop boxes to the post office, I will send them via UPS to the places I'm stopping at.

MuddyWaters thanks for the promotion heads up with Uber.

I also use the Anker 10,000mAh and can charge my Samsung s5 from 10%-15% to 100% twice and my Inreach SE 25% to 100% one time. Weights in at 6.5oz so it is not to heavy.