Posted April 21, 2020 - Recently a distance hiker brought up switchbacks on the CT as well as the relatively gentle Trail grades. Making a comparison with another long trail,…
ctfofficeApril 21, 2020
Posted March 5, 2020 THIS REMAINS TRUE EVERY YEAR - One of the CT guides that comes highly recommended by Trail travelers is the CT smartphone app by Atlas “Guthook”…
ctfofficeMarch 5, 2020
Posted February 18, 2020, and this remains true every year... Suppose you’re planning to travel a lengthy distance on the CT this summer. When should you start? Our suggestion for…
ctfofficeFebruary 18, 2020
Posted July 29, 2019 - In Segment 24 of The Colorado Trail, there are acres of unavoidable avalanche debris. It will be there all Trail season. Hikers should each choose…
ctfofficeJuly 29, 2019
Posted March 12, 2019 THIS REMAINS TRUE EVERY YEAR - By Jerry Brown, Bear Creek Survey, March 2019: Last summer I accomplished my seventh thru of The Colorado Trail and…
ctfofficeMarch 12, 2019
Posted March 8, 2019 - Nearly all Colorado Trail travelers carry the CT Databook. Mile by mile it describes the route including the water sources that are so essential to…
ctfofficeMarch 8, 2019
Posted January 4, 2019 - Elevation Outdoors magazine, a newsprint magazine distributed for free, published "Over the Mountain There Are More Mountains" by Michael Henry. "When I finally glimpsed the…
Karen OvernJanuary 4, 2019
Very important during training for Colorado Trail trips, that you dial-in your shoes (and socks). Avoid blisters if you can; they make hiking much harder to enjoy. Find the right fit,…
ctfofficeMarch 8, 2016
TRAIL TIP TUESDAY...SNOWPACK FREE, WHEN..? No sure thing, but Colorado Trail experience gives us date guidance. Here's when different places on the CT might be 'snowpassable,' meaning not too arduous or hazardous:…
ctfofficeFebruary 23, 2016
