Monthly Archives: June 2021

Miles Hiked: 16.6 Total Milage: 949.2 Location: Steamboat Springs This morning I was so sore I didn’t want to get out of my sleeping bag. Eventually we all left camp around 7:30. I was expecting the snow to be a lot worse than it was but it ended up freezing overnight so we got toContinue reading “Day 59: Rabbit Ears Pass”

Miles Hiked: 21 Total Milage: 932.6 Location: Summit Lake Campground This morning I woke up at 4:30 as planned. I went to the bathroom and packed some of my things up before realizing that no one else was moving around. I asked to see if they were awake and no one answered me. I reallyContinue reading “Day 58: Lost Ranger Peak”

Miles Hiked 24.5 Total Milage: 911.6 Location: North Three Island Creek This morning we all woke up at 5:30 and started hiking around 6am. Before we left I got some good stretching in. Hummingbird and I lead the way for a little bit at the start of the day. We were walking on a dirtContinue reading “Day 57: Surprisingly Easy”

Miles Hiked: 20.5 Total Milage: 887.1 Location: Wyoming/ Colorado State Border This morning I woke up around 6am to start getting my things packed up. Ari drove us back to the trail and we got there at 7am. Soars and Flash didn’t come along because Soars stepped on a tent stake last night and itContinue reading “Day 56: Colorado Border Round 2!”

Miles Hiked: 11.4 Total Milage: 866.6 Location: Lazy Acres Campground, Encampment Wyoming Last night I didn’t sleep well at all. I haven’t been sleeping well for the past three nights which is really frustrating for me. I planned to wake up at 5:30 am but since I was already awake, I made some hot chaiContinue reading “Day 55: Encampment, Wyoming”

Miles Hiked: 26.4 Total Milage: 855.2 Location: Creek/ Deep Jack Trailhead This morning I woke up with dew all over all of my things. This means I’ll have to not forget to dry out my sleeping bag and puffy jacket at lunch. Luckily I woke up around 5:30 without an alarm. I didn’t end upContinue reading “Day 54: Complete Exposure and Koolaid Snowballs”

Miles Hiked: 20.3 Total Milage: 828.8 Location: Fenced Spring This morning I slept in with everyone else because I was so tired. I didn’t sleep well at all last night. I absolutely hate getting a late start to the day. It makes the day feel so much longer and I feel like I hike aContinue reading “Day 53: Crawfish party in Muddy Creek”

Miles Hiked: 27 Total Milage: 777 Location: Rawlins, Wyoming Today 12 pack and I woke up to clouds of fog rolling over our camping spots. I was really hoping it wouldn’t rain last night because I couldn’t set up my tent. I slept in until 7:30ish and we started hiking around 8 which is prettyContinue reading “Day 50: Day 50!”

Miles Hiked: 24.4 Total Milage: 750 Location: SOBO mile 1335.6 Today I woke up feeling slightly recovered from the long day yesterday. I think stretching and taking ibuprofen last night helped a lot. 12 pack and I started the day around 6:30am. First we descended off the high area we were camping in last night.Continue reading “Day 49: A and M Reservoir”

Miles Hiked: 26.5 Total Milage: 725.6 Location: SOBO mile 311.2 So last night I realized that I forgot to charge my power banks while I was in the last town. I now have to be careful about conserving battery until we get to town because I really need my phone for maps and I reallyContinue reading “Day 48: Wildlife Galore”