San Luis Peak is only 1. Pedal enthusiasts can hop off the official route for a serious of detours that make the Denver to Durango ride possible. The mile bike route can take riders anywhere from between 8 and 18 days—far quicker than the boot-sole method.
Ultrarunner Bryan Williams set the current Fastest Known Time for the Colorado Trail in , finishing the route in eight days and 30 minutes with the help of a support crew. He ran between 54 and 89 miles a day. Dogs are allowed along most of the Colorado Trail, with some exceptions. Dogs are not allowed in Waterton Canyon from the terminus to about trail mile 6. The latest gear, trips, stories, and more, beamed to your inbox every week.
Supported records are great, but this whole thing "nobody but myself" is a whole different universe. Way to go, girl! Full respect. Not many females want and able to go alone the whole way, and push to that extend. Also, congrats on VT. Doing it fully self supported - no pacers, no crews, no friends meeting me to drop supplies or hike with me.
I'm planning to not get in a car to follow Andre's footsteps, however if a planned resupply location falls through due to closure, missing package, or some other unforseen circumstance I may then hitch hike in order to resupply, returning to the exact location I left the trail. In addition I'll be taking lots of pictures and videos, including pictures showing my watch in front of recognizable landmarks for further verification. Good Morning! Picking up resupplies from friends along the way.
I can not wait to explore sMiles of beautiful Colorado! I have three boxes sent, no pre arranged support, and will be on foot the entire time. I have a Garmin to track location made public when finished , will keep a log on my phone, pictures with time stamps to verify and post to Instagram paigepasquini when service permits.
I will hike in traditional thru hiker style, self-supported, picking up resupply at three locations along the way where I have mailed packages. Since there is no official FKT for this route, in this style, and for Women, my time will be establishing the FKT should I succeed in completing the entire route.
My goal is under 14 days because thats how much time I have! Undoubtedly someone will come along and do it faster than me in the near future, but this is an honor to give this a try! Looking forward very much to this time in the great mountains of Colorado!
I am starting around this weekend 4th of July. I will hike in traditional through-hiker style, UN-supported, following all the rules: carry all food and gear from the start, NO resupply at any point, no help accepted in any way, shape or form including no trail angels or begging off strangers , no pacers, crew, etc, carry out my trash unless it's safe to burn per LNT and fire bans rules , water only from natural sources. My goal is under 14 days. I will have a live link to Spot Gen-4 provided for authorities to follow but kept private otherwise until I am done for tracking, camera on my phone for photos, and a Garmin watch for mileage.
I am excited to be back on a trail I love so much, this time "backwards". Here's to no crazy lightening on the ridges and a lack of kitties. Unfortunately, despite physically I was ready much better than , I live high, and train high, something weird happened, and I, literally, had a hard time to breathe even on easiest climbs.
By day 3, during longer steeper sections, I had to stop sucking air every minute or so. Did Doing the math, I was getting closer to 14 than 12 days, and while I had the time and could stretch the food easily, I came to make some solid FKT, not simply "I was the only one, and a finish will warrant the name here" like my first time, which was so easily broken exactly because I didn't exert my ability and smelled the roses, and even knitted in the tent, ha.
It was my only attempt at something this huge. At 51, and after 8 years of OTS that dreaded athlete fatigue , it was fun to dream. I tried to do it for the "older folks with no ultralight stuff", good ol' style. But, the body decided otherwise. I want to love and enjoy the mountains well into sunset, and taking that much time off with a family and a job is a one-time shot.
I love this sport, but it's time to chill. Sad, but truth. Thanks to the FKT people for doing this stuff! I had high goals, and I failed, but I do hope more ladies get inspired to set same high goals - as Mikaela did. Common, girls, long unsupported trails are not just for dudes! I will have an Inreach tracking my effort but will keep this private until the end.
Thank you so much to all who have gone for this dream before me and have it as a dream for the future! It's not yet announced, but looks like not only new FKT by a day, but possibly John's time for unsupported is surpassed? I can't wait to hear more! The "holy cow" was for you, Nika, went in the wrong box.
Huge congrats! It was a totally insane time to begin with or, pun, finish with , and then I read your blog. Sheesh, I am in awe of what you had dealt with, and threw down the time that is nearly identical to female supported and John's unsupported. I thought Mikaela's time was and it IS badass to stay for awhile. Ladies keep breaking barriers. Loved the report. Amazing accomplishment. I will be hiking unsupported : carrying all food and gear from the start, no resupply at any point, and no help accepted in any shape or form along the way no pacers, crew, trail angels, or support from strangers.
I will have a Spot Gen3 tracking device that will be private and made public once I finish. Kylee, I am sorry to read you had an injury! You were booking it! Let us know how you're doing, please. Thanks, Olga! Unfortunately I had to discontinue my hike yesterday at Chalk Creek after some blisters on the bottoms of my feet got progressively worse and impaired my ability to walk.
I think the cause might have been trench foot early on with the wet conditions in the San Juans and long days without fully drying out my feet. Otherwise my body felt great, so I hope to be back! Hello beautiful people! No pacers, resupply, trail magic, help of any kind. Tracking will be private via Garmin inReach until I finish.
I left the trail 57 miles in. I thought I could push through despite not having trained like I did last year and Mother Nature kindly humbled me. Hard lesson, but there was no better way for me to learn it. Colorado, US. It travels through some of the most spectacular country in Colorado, through 6 wilderness areas and eight mountain ranges. The CT was first conceived in , but was not completed until the late 's. GPS Track. Unsupported Jeff Garmire 9d 8h 18m 0s Self-supported Andre Michaud 8d 23h 16m 0s Supported Betsy Kalmeyer 9d 10h 52m 0s Self-supported Nika Meyers 9d 14h 19m 0s Mikaela Osler 10d 12h 36m 0s Olga King 15d 2h 28m 0s Male Supported Joe Grant 8d 20h 9m 0s Self-supported Marilyne Marchand-Gouin 14d 13h 58m 0s Related Routes.
The high elevation combined with colder months can lead to extremely dangerous hiking conditions. Most hikers take advantage of the warm temperatures and longer days to hike in the summer, though some prefer a later start that avoids the frequent summer thunderstorms and crowds.
Most people hike from east to west because the snowpack melts first on the lower elevations on the easternmost part of the trail, meaning you can start slightly earlier in the season if you go this direction. This section of the trail also is not as steep allowing hikers to break in their legs before they hit the higher elevations in the west. The Denver side is logistically easier to get to than Durango. There are also more bailout points if you need to leave the trail in the beginning.
Best of all, you get to end in the beautiful San Juan Mountains. Hiking from west to east is less common as you start in the steep San Juan Mountains and end in the rather anticlimactic Waterton Canyon area. However, finishing in Denver does make it easier to travel home when you are done. This might be the more favorable option as well if you need to start your hike later in the season - you end in the lower and warmer elevations surrounding Denver.
In short, there are plenty of road access points to get to towns to resupply food and gear. However, the road crossings are a little farther apart between 20 and 70 miles and, often times, several miles from the actual trail.
This can require a fair amount of planning for longer stretches of more remote trail. Hitchhiking can be difficult because of the long distances between the towns and trail. Some towns like Breckenridge and Salida have shuttles and affordable lodging while others only have small convenience stores. Water resupply points are usually plentiful on the CT with only a few long dry stretches - notably the Cochetopa Valley and the Indian Trail Ridge.
Otherwise, you can usually expect to encounter a water source at least once every day. The Colorado Trail is well marked and relatively easy to follow. Sometimes signage can disappear or cairns can crumble from rough weather, which can make it possible to get lost. Cell phone reception will be limited and unreliable.
The Colorado Trail Foundation has a guidebook , a databook , and topo maps for you to chose from. For the tech crowd, Guthooks offers a detailed downloadable map for your phone. Other than in Waterton Canyon, there are no restrictions on camping of course, Leave No Trace principles apply. Thru hikers tents most night in flat spots that have already been established and used previously for camping.
Accommodations on the trail are few and far between and should not be relied on. There are a few huts that are part of the 10th Mountain Division Hut System. These require a reservation and often have a wait list though. There are a few campgrounds - some free and some for charge. In general, a permit is not necessary to hike the Colorado Trail and there are no quotas. Some wilderness areas on the path require permits, but they are free. When you cross a permit-only wilderness area, there are self-serve permit stations where you can easily fill out the form for your free permit and drop it in the box.
This seem to serve as more of a safety precaution than anything else. It can be sparse for thru-hikers to find fellow thru-hikers to socialize and form a trail family "tramily"? Sure, the trail is simple. But everything needs balance. Critical, actually.
I was done. I wanted to quit. That horrible word. After my water was filled, I just sat there. And sat there some more. Until today. I was ready to negotiate the terms of surrender. The next town forward, Creede, was a long 75 miles ahead. This was the place to decide. The place to bail out.
So I sat and I thought. Sure they will. Nobody cares, this is just self-inflicted melodrama. More importantly, will I understand my choice? Nobody knows exactly why thru-hikers do these trails… ourselves least of all. Yet trivial reasons somehow coalesce into an indomitable fire of motivation. But do we? The biggest challenge of thru-hiking is to get on the trail in the first place! After a while I got bored of just sitting there that day, wallowing in self-pity and indecision.
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