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Advice for Hiking the Continental Divide Trail (CDT Survey 2021)

Advice for Hiking the Continental Divide Trail (CDT Survey 2021)

The Continental Divide Trail is a thru-hike that will rarely go as planned. Rarely will two people even hike the same trail thanks to all the alternates, reroutes, and flip-flops that occur every year. That said, there’s still room for some former CDT thru-hiker wisdom to inspire your thru-hike (or to put your fears at ease…or to scare you). As part of the CDT Hiker Survey, I ask hikers for…

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Continental Divide Trail Advice for 2021 (from the Class of 2020)

Continental Divide Trail Advice for 2021 (from the Class of 2020)

No matter how much you read or how many videos you watch, the Continental Divide Trail can be a (seemingly) overwhelming thing to plan for. To help you Once you’ve decided what gear to get, where you (think you) want to resupply, and when you’re starting your adventure, what comes next? Wait? That’s boring. How about, “read advice from last year’s class to either call into question everything…

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Your Pacific Crest Trail Thru-hike Is Canceled

I tried to break the news gently, but now time for willful ignorance has come to an end. The Pacific Crest Trail Association, the Continental Divide Trail Coalition, and the Appalachian Trail Conservancy have all officially requested hikers to postpone or cancel their thru-hikes (in related news, the Arizona Trail Association and the Great Divide Trail Association have done the same).

I hate…

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Advice for the Continental Divide Trail Class for 2020 (from Class of '19)

Advice for the Continental Divide Trail Class for 2020 (from Class of ’19)

Planning for the Continental Divide Trail can seem overwhelming if you’ve never done a long-distance hike before. What gear do I get? Where do I resupply? Do I really have to dig a hole and poop in it and then pack out my toilet paper? Yes, you really do.

The truth of it is, you don’t really need to do that much to prepare for a thru-hike on the CDT (unless you have some complicating factor…

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Continental Divide Trail Thru-hiker Advice For 2019

Continental Divide Trail Thru-hiker Advice For 2019

As part of the Continental Divide Trail SurveyI ask CDT hikers what they would do differently, given the chance to do it all again, and what advice they have for future CDT hikers. I share this information in the hopes of giving an idea of what mistakes people typically make pre, during, or post-CDT so that future generations may avoid the errors of the past. Basically, I want you to get out…

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