I see all you CDT baddies are again offering that sagacious CDT info!. AMEN to all those alternates Mags suggests. He is right on about those suggestions!

I found the "official trail" in both Colorado and New Mexico to be challenging and awesome. I haven't done all the alternates so I can't comment about them. - BearCreek

YUP!

The alternates on the CDT CAN BE spectacular in both scenery, solitude, and as a over and above Kick-Your-Ass challenge, especially in a few parts of Montana, the Wind River Range in Wyoming, MUCH of Colorado, and a few parts of Mew Mexico.


I absolutely love the fact that on the CDT there are so many alternates and side routes that few CDT thru-hikers hike the EXACT same route.