The Barr Trail is similar to the terrain and type of trail you will experience on the Colorado Trail. (Including the Barr Camp to the Summit portion.) The miles per day you could do would start a...
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The Barr Trail is similar to the terrain and type of trail you will experience on the Colorado Trail. (Including the Barr Camp to the Summit portion.) The miles per day you could do would start a...
From the End-to-end guide:
From the CO Trail website:
Sorry for the delay in posting the conditions from our trip. We've had 3 search and rescue calls since I got back. Just because it's warm and low snow this year doesn't mean you shouldn't still be...
A ride bride is pretty tough to fit in your carry on as well.:)
It's getting tougher to get hitches it seems. Maybe I'm just getting old and scarier looking. Another strategy is to get a cheap dirt bike or enduro and a trailer hitch rack. Drop the bike off at...
I believe that's the girl you put on the side of the road to flag down a car, then when the car stops the guy joins her. Solo guys have a much harder time getting a hitch.
I'll be heading to Segments 15 through 19 this week. I'll let you know conditions when I get back. Snow levels are very low, which is why we are trying such an early trip this year.
I got out this past weekend and hiked the Collegiate East from Clear Creek north to Twin Lakes dam, and thought I'd share my impressions of the early conditions as well as a video from the hike.
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This map is pretty helpful too:...
Here is a link to graphs for the different basins in Colorado. You can run them and get up to date info to see how the snowpack is doing. Pretty miserable in the south so far this year.
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You've already received lots of great advice, so I'm just going to throw out some random thoughts.
Tent
You can save a lot of weight here, and give up very little. Obviously you could spend a...
Just did sections 6 through 8. Great conditions. A couple nights hit the low 20's but a couple stayed in the 40's as well. We camped pretty near 10,000 feet all 5 nights we camped. Leaves were...
Just hiked the first 5 segments of the Colorado Trail. Just wanted to let everyone know what conditions look like so far.
Segments 1 through 3 are totally clear. Segment 4 had snow as deep as...