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Databook 6 already available including at CT Store. Guidebook 9 still under construction, has a hopeful shelf date prior to Summer.

Yes phone ahead. Ask both Twin Lakes and Monarch Crest whether USPS, UPS or FedEx (both have delivery limitations) and any other particulars including what info to print on the outside of the box.

You might phone the Twin Lakes General Store and inquire about their resupply merchandise. I know this year they've begun carrying many more items desired by long distance hikers.
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Yes a jeep road and the TH doesn't see much traffic, but you can walk the road downhill less than 2 miles to reach Hwy 50 and maybe hitch a ride.

Awesome foot care advice. I'll add another thing that helps my feet (and ankles) ... trekking poles. They eliminate the severity when I roll my foot.

After paying attention to both over the years, I agree that the high sections of the CT are not snow free when Snowtel sites go to zero. As others have suggested, when Snowtel hits zero, CT might be...

New snow, yes, quite a bit in some areas. But those 200-inch readings you sometimes see are in error and the weather station data seem to reset to actual depth in coming days. Here's the link to...

In case helpful cuz maybe you don't use Facebook, here is the text part from the closure notice:

PART CT SEGMENT 3 IS CLOSED. The Forest Service has begun a timber thinning project closing CT Seg...

Here is a link for the detail on a CT Seg 3 Closure through April, 2015:

https://www.facebook.com/ColoradoTrailFoundation/posts/880934605259988

From the CTF website, here's along-the-CT SNOWPACK LINKS:

http://www.coloradotrail.org/snowandweather.html

Great, thanks. Also of value are the links on the web page below, select weather stations close to the CT along with snowpack levels.

http://www.coloradotrail.org/snowandweather.html

From the CT Foundation Facebook page:

WATERTON CANYON CLOSURE. Authorities will be replacing the power line. PLEASE ALERT THRU HIKERS ETC. Closed weekdays Monday-Friday, 9/29/14-1/31/15. Closed...

Angel Apple plans to remain at Angel camp (with water) at the Seg 18/19 division until Aug 15.

Los Creek is quite reliable. Bearcreek knows most and maybe he'll chime in. He has told me that Los...

One more thing, "Damn glad to meet ya."

On the CT Foundation website, kinda buried under Trip Planning, is a list of CT Completers year by year ... following link. All 4 of the hikers you ran into on the trail are listed along with their...

From the CTF Facebook page July 2:

SMARTPHONE APP "The Colorado Trail Hiker." Brand new, now available for your CT excursion, hike, bike or horse. Get the CT on your ... iPHONE...

Having had serious knee problems and surgeries, recommend you let it heal very well before you gradually ease back into hiking and pack carrying. If you launch back in too speedily, you might have...

Cuz they're still changing the trail (reroutes, some extensive) I don't think of the old books as very reliable.

Contemplating the pronunciation of SWBO, I think it should be pr:Swebbo.

Wish I could help you, but the only thing I know is where Endlich Mesa is; also walked across it once. Guessing it might be hard on this forum to score info about Endlich Mesa and Burnt Timber Loop...

Maybe this will help, though I have not studied precisely what you asked. I have driven between Denver and Durango many times and the FM radio reception on the highways is nearly nonexistent. Since...

Just checked with Colo Mtn Club about their hours in Golden: open non-holidays Mon-Thur 9:00-6:00 and Fri 9:00-3:00, closed Sat, Sun & holidays ... and they do have and sell both the CT Guidebook and...

You can phone ahead to the REI Denver to make sure they have CT Databook 5th Edition before making the trip. In Golden the Colo Mtn Club has it for sure and you should phone them ahead to make sure...

Though I'm a completer, my excursions weren't even close to a thru. In fact, hike, bike, and horse, over MANY years. Like your poll, but you'd need to credit me with SWBO=0 and NEBO=0.

Great luck, Donut. In recent hours, have heard of two parties who've begun already, one from Denver (a Louisiana resident) and one from Durango (Phoenix residents). End of May seems too early to...