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Rachel's CDT Blog

Ready to follow my CDT journey from Mexico to Canada? 

View my blog posts (below) and feel like you were right along the journey with me, step-by-step. Start with me in Mexico (bottom of blog posts) and work your way to Canada (top of blog posts). 

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The Ending: 2,714 Miles Later

Cuba to Grants, NM (10/21-10/27): 105 Miles I’ve been putting off on this post because it means it’s just another step towards accepting...

Heading (back) Down South

Cumbres Pass, CO to Cuba, NM (10/13-10/20): 152.2 Miles After a successful 5 night road trip in our rental car (which gave us a chance to...

Mexico to Canada: We Made It!!

Start Date: May 5, 2022 End Date: October 7, 2022 2,453.7 Miles We did it. We made it to Canada!!!!! We got picked up at the terminus and...

Our Final Push: Glacier National Park

East Glacier to Canadian Terminus (10/3-10/7): 90 Miles With our backcountry permits secured for Glacier National Park, we headed into...

The Bob Marshall Wilderness

Augusta to East Glacier (9/28-10/2): 120 Miles This last month has felt like we are constantly entering and finishing a race. We get to...

Scape Goat Wilderness

Helena to Augusta, MT (9/20-9/27): 125 Miles The shared water sources with the cows continue, and so does staying on our toes while on...

Smokey Air + Winter Temperatures

Leadore, ID to Darby, MT (8/7-8/12): 122 Miles After doing research while in town, we decided it was safe enough for us to continue ahead...

Up, Down and All the In-between

Lima, MT to Leodore, ID (9/2-9/6): 102 Miles Buckle up! It’s a long one! Labor Day weekend had us reminiscing on all the things we wish...

Welcome to Montanaho

West Yellowstone to Lima (8/28-9/1): 94.2 Miles Leaving town with a few extra slices of pizza foiled up in my pack, we hiked in the hot...

Over the Hill and Through the Winds

Lander to Dubois (8/12-8/19): 160 Miles Knowing The Winds were going to be a top highlight on the trail, we agreed to 1) Be immersed in...

Dust, Wind and Wild Horses

Rawlins to Lander (8/5-8/9): 120.8 Miles It was intimidating leaving town with the rest of the basin ahead: hot weather, little shade +...

Goodbye Colorado, Hello Wyoming!

Steamboat Springs, CO to Encampment, WY (7/28-7/31): 83.9 We had low expectations for our last section in CO, but we were pleasantly...

The Final Stretch of Colorado

Grand Lake to Steamboat Springs (7/24-7/27): 75.1 Miles A few hours before arriving in Grand Lake we had heard of an update from Rocky...

Continuing Through Colorado

Winter Park to Grand Lake (7/20-7/22): 53.3 Miles Leaving Winter Park with some rest in our bones, we caught a hitch from a local gal,...

Highlighting Grays Peak

Because Grays Peak deserves its own post 😎 Grays Peak: the scariest, most thrilling, hardest, most badass hike I’ve ever done. Some more...

Short + Sweet

Leadville to Frisco (7/13-7/15): 38 Miles Before leaving Leadville, we walked to the grocery store to resupply for our short, 2 night...

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