Running through Wyoming’s Great Divide Basin on the CDT

Upon entering Wyoming, the CDT transitions quite rapidly from forested mountains to the flat and treeless basin of Wyoming’s Red Desert. We emerged from the trees and descended to sagebrush plains. This place makes New Mexico look lush by comparison.

This part of the trail crosses through an endoheric basin, known as Wyoming’s Great Divide Basin. In this area, the Continental Divide actually splits apart, roughly forming a rectangle. All the water that falls within the rectangle does not drain to any ocean. ...

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