Day #38-At it once again traversing those San Juan’s. Miles hiked: 26.6

Thankfully the trail today had much less snow and sketch factor, making for a much more reasonable walk. There were still huge climbs, rocks, and wind strong enough to knock me over if I didn’t have sure footing, but this is the crucible of the CDT afterall. 

But the team trudged on and enjoyed a lovely visit from “sun daddy” in the morning to warm our faces. After lunch sheltered in some willows near the top of a high mountain pass, the clouds began to roll in.

Colorado weather is highly unpredictable, but today the temp started to drop and the whipping wind attempted to steal any semblance of body heat. On go those layers! 

With some sleet starting to fall, we did make it to a lovely little campsite deep in a pass with the only tree cover we’ve seen for miles. 

One more day of this rough trail and we’ll reach the Colorado Trail (CT). According to Gusha and other hikers who have come through CO before, reaching the CT makes a huge difference in trail conditions as much of it was built to be a hiking and mountain biking route. Once merged, we’ll follow the CT for several hundred miles. 

Goodnight from our little perch in the San Juan’s!