Author Archives: Deserrae Potts

Miles Hiked: 24.5 Total Milage: 2253.4 I woke up to small puddles of water all over the floor of my tent. Last night it thunder stormed and rained for hours. I laid awake scared as blinding lightning flashes struck all around my tent and thunder boomed so loud it felt like the ground was shaking.ContinueContinue reading “Day 130: Cold and wet”

Miles Hiked: 26.7 Total Milage: 2228.9 This morning I woke up in the hotel feeling rested but I did not want to leave the bed. It was so comfy after not sleeping in a bed for so long. We had a ride back to the trail scheduled for 9am so I had some motivation toContinueContinue reading “Day 129: Champion Pass”

Miles Hiked: 6.5 Total Milage: 2202.2 This morning 12 pack and I woke up very early. We wanted to get to the road before the other hikers we saw yesterday so there were not 5 people trying to hitch at once. The more people, the less likely we are to get picked up. It wasContinueContinue reading “Day 127: Arriving in Butte”

Miles Hiked: 22.3 Total Milage: 2195.7 Today I took my sweet sweet time leaving camp. I didn’t get up until 7am. 12 pack left way before me while I took my time stretching. I was in no hurry at all today. Since we crushed miles the last two days we only planned to hike 22ContinueContinue reading “Day 126: The smoke comes rolling in”

Miles Hiked: 28.1 Total Milage: 2173.4 Yesterday I looked ahead at water sources and realized that we have a very dry stretch ahead of us. Almost all the water sources have dried up and the ones that haven’t are questionable. I noticed some Guthook comments about a water cache that seems to be empty now.ContinueContinue reading “Day 125: Love from Butte”

Miles Hiked: 31.8 Total Milage: 2145.3 Today I woke up early around 5am. My stomach was bothering me first thing in the morning and I knew we had to hike 30 miles today. I wasn’t sure if I was going to make it because I was feeling so bad. Luckily after I got through theContinueContinue reading “Day 124: Feeling Good?”

Miles Hiked: 18.5 Total Milage: 2113.5 Today I woke up very early so that we could get to town as early as possible. The goal was to get to town, resupply, charge all of our things and get back out to trail. The hard part about the plan is that we will be trying toContinueContinue reading “Day 123: Wise River”

Miles Hiked: 24.3 Total Milage: 2095 Today I woke up around 6am. It was still kind of dark out and very very windy. I thought the weather might be bad today because of how ominous it was when I woke up but it ended up being a beautiful day! There was quite a bit ofContinueContinue reading “Day 122: Rainbow Mountain”

Miles Hiked 23.1 Total Milage: 2071.7 This morning it was very chilly when I woke up. Last night I slept amazing. I didn’t open my eyes until about 6am and it was still sort of dark then. The sun is definitely starting to rise later! 12 pack and I left camp just before 7am. WeContinueContinue reading “Day 121: Warren Lake”

Miles Hiked: 7.7 Total Milage: 2047.6 This morning I still woke up early even though I didn’t have to hike out first thing in the morning. 12 pack and I walked to town to get breakfast around 7:30am. After that I looked at the map and did the math to see how much farther weContinueContinue reading “Day 120: Straight Shot to Canada”

Miles Hiked: 26.3 Total Milage: 2039.9 Today I left camp around 7am. It was later than I wanted to leave but I was really tired and needed some extra rest. The day started with an uphill climb up a very exposed field of sagebrush. We were on a dirt road for quite a while. AlmostContinueContinue reading “Day 118: Elk Mountain”

Miles Hiked: 24 Total Milage: 2013.6 Today I woke up and left camp around 7am. We took a road walk alternate to cut off about 5 miles of the trail. I was super happy about it because my legs were so tired from yesterday and I needed a little rest. The road walk was veryContinueContinue reading “Day 117: Spooky Lightning”

Miles Hiked: 30 Total Milage: 1989.6 Today I woke up early around 5am. I had all my things packed and ready to go by 6. The sunrise over the divide was so pretty. Our camping spot was just awesome last night despite the fact that I hardly had any water. The day started with twoContinueContinue reading “Day 116: Deadman Lake”