Tuesday, July 10, 2018

Embracing the Brutality on the CDT

Shortly after leaving Leadville, the Colorado Trail turns toward Denver and parts ways with the CDT. The well-defined, maintained track of the CT immediately returned (degraded?) to the CDT we typically expect: neglected, exposed, steep, covered in blowdowns, sketchy, or just plain non-existent. Despite increased efforts, our pace slowed to a crawl. We were feeling so good after cruising through the Colorado Trail, it was frustrating to return to the harder than expected terrain of Northern Colorado.
 

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