WhenSeptember 15, 2025 Distance49.3 mi Time10h 33m Elevation Gain5571 ft Elevation Loss5289 ft Avg Speed7.2 mph Download GPX 57: Mount Taylor Super low energy today. Nevertheless, I dragged myself up and over Mt. Taylor, a common “alt” on the CDT and the tallest thing around by a good measure. Though a bit of a slog […]
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56: Quicksand, Bears and UFOs!
WhenSeptember 14, 2025 Distance66.8 mi Time12h 11m Elevation Gain3947 ft Elevation Loss2940 ft Avg Speed10.2 mph Download GPX 56: Quicksand, Bears and UFOs! Would New Mexico be New Mexico without seeing at least one unidentifiable aerial object? Spent yesterday holed up in Cuba, watching torrential rain and feeling quite pleased with my decision to wait […]
54: Valles Caldera
WhenSeptember 12, 2025 Distance72.7 mi Time11h 40m Elevation Gain7388 ft Elevation Loss7290 ft Avg Speed9.3 mph Download GPX 54: Valles Caldera Spent most of the day on the GDMBR, climbing from cholla cactus desert through pygmy piñon pines into proper ponderosa forests. I gave a steady push in hopes of making it to Cuba, NM, […]
53: Death Mud / Ghost Ranch
WhenSeptember 11, 2025 Distance46.8 mi Time10h 45m Elevation Gain2415 ft Elevation Loss4964 ft Avg Speed8.6 mph Download GPX 53: Death Mud / Ghost Ranch You know those dreams (nightmares?) where it feels like you’re trying to run under water, and the harder you strain the slower you go? This sensation is even more agonizing in […]
52: Cruses Basin
WhenSeptember 10, 2025 Distance52.3 mi Time11h 21m Elevation Gain5689 ft Elevation Loss6493 ft Avg Speed5.8 mph Download GPX 52: Cruses Basin Since that shadeless, cloudless, 100°F day in the Great Basin, I’ve only had two days without rain. No snow, and no wildfire smoke, but definitely an unusual amount of rain, with more in the […]