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 […]
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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 […]
51: Chili Time!
WhenSeptember 9, 2025 Distance72.5 mi Time11h 10m Elevation Gain6775 ft Elevation Loss7710 ft Avg Speed8.9 mph Download GPX 51: Chili Time! Chilly but fast miles on the GDMBR this morning. The CAMP skimo gloves are really paying off these days! Rejoined the CDT proper at Cumbres Pass, and hit the New Mexico border a few […]
50: Wolf Creek
WhenSeptember 8, 2025 Distance37.3 mi Time7h 21m Elevation Gain6299 ft Elevation Loss2979 ft Avg Speed6.2 mph Download GPX 50: Wolf Creek If I had hoped to find South Fork livelier than Creede on an off season Sunday night, I was quickly disappointed. Nevertheless, I got a hotel, washed some clothes, and drank too many beers. […]
49: Rio Grande Headwaters
WhenSeptember 7, 2025 Distance72.4 mi Time10h 38m Elevation Gain6257 ft Elevation Loss9052 ft Avg Speed9.1 mph Download GPX 49: Rio Grande Headwaters After another chilly start (there is a dusting of fresh snow visible on Uncompahgre Peak this morning), was soon back in the Colorado alpine peddling west into the San Juan mountains. The trail […]