Author Archives: Deserrae Potts

Miles Hiked: Zero Total Milage: 1470.7 Location: Pagosa Springs This morning I woke up at 6am feeling amazing because I slept for the first time in over a week I believe! The first thing I did was try and get some phone calls out of the way. I haven’t been able to call anyone inContinueContinue reading “Day 89: Pagosa Springs”

Miles Hiked: 21.1 Total Milage: 1470.7 Location: Pagosa Springs, Colorado Today I was really tired so I slept in until around 6am. 12 pack and I left camp together around 7am. We started the day by climbing to the top of a beautiful mountain and then descending it and walking along a ridge. When weContinueContinue reading “Day 88: Wolf Creek Pass”

Miles Hiked: 21 Total Milage: 1449.6 Location: San Juan Mountains This morning I started to get ready around 5:15am. I did not sleep last night AGAIN. I am feeling so exhausted from all this not sleeping. I left camp before 12 pack. I was happy to hike by myself for a little bit this morningContinueContinue reading “Day 87: Butter Knife Edge”

Miles Hiked: 19.6 Total Milage: 428.6 Location: San Juan National Forest This morning I “woke up” at 6am. At this point I can’t even remember the last night I have actually had sleep. I think around 5am I finally drifted off but I had to get hiking. I can’t wait to get to town. IContinueContinue reading “Day 86: Lightning Strikes”

Miles Hiked: 21.5 Total Milage: 1409 I hardly slept at all last night. My alarm went off at 5:30 and I didn’t want to get out of bed. I woke Luke and 12 pack up and we left Telluride around 6am. Luke drove us the two hours to Silverton to drop us off at theContinueContinue reading “Day 85: July 4th”

Miles Hiked: 12.2 Total Milage: 1387.5 Location: Telluride, Colorado This morning 12 pack and I woke up at 5am and started hiking by 5:30. My tent was incredibly wet again even though we had no rain. Packing up a wet tent in the cold is my least favorite camp chore. We were eager to getContinueContinue reading “Day 84: Stony Pass”

Miles Hiked: 25.2 Total Milage: 1375.3 Location: East Pole Creek Trail Junction This morning I woke up at 5am but 12 pack and I didn’t start packing up our things until 6am. My tent and everything in it was soaking wet even though it didn’t rain last night. When I got out of my tent,ContinueContinue reading “Day 83: SOS”

Miles Hiked: 22.8 Total Milage: 1350.1 Location: Spring Creek Pass This morning 12 pack woke me up around 6:30am. It’s pretty unusual for me to be the last one up. I was feeling incredibly exhausted and did not want to move. I fell asleep and woke back up again at 7am. It stopped raining andContinueContinue reading “Day 82: Snow Mesa”

Miles Hiked: 25.3 Total Milage: 1327.3 Location: Cochetopa Creek This morning 12 pack and I woke up at 5am. For once, I woke up and my tent was dry! I felt like I didn’t sleep well last night or the night before and I really didn’t want to start hiking. We ended up being onContinueContinue reading “Day 81: Cochetopa Creek”

Miles Hiked: 26.1 Total Milage: 1302 This morning I woke up to my alarm at 5am. I swear I blinked my eyes and it was 5:15. I woke 12 pack up and we started to get ready. The sunrise was incredibly red and beautiful. We left camp around 6am. There were thunderstorms predicted for todayContinueContinue reading “Day 80: Enjoying the easy stuff while it lasts”

Miles Hiked: 25.5 Total Milage: 1275.9 Location: Sargents Mesa This morning I woke up before 6am. 12 pack cooked us the rest of the eggs for breakfast and we got packed up and ready to hit the trail. Maddie and Max hitched out before us and 12 pack and I got a ride around 7amContinueContinue reading “Day 79: Lucky Day!”

Miles Hiked: 10.5 Total Milage: 1250.4 Location: Butterfly House This morning 12 pack and I both failed to wake up at 6am. I remember opening my eyes at 7am and making eye contact with 12 pack in the cot across the room and we both instantly fell back asleep. After how crazy this last stretchContinueContinue reading “Day 78: Monarch Crest and Butterfly House”

Miles Hiked: 23.7 Total Milage: 1239.9 Location: Butterfly House This morning I woke up to my alarm at 4am. I laid in my sleeping bag until 4:15 and then I got ready as quickly as I could because it was so cold. I got an early start on the day because I knew that thereContinueContinue reading “Day 77: No Breaks”

Miles Hiked: 19.7 Total Milage: 1216.2 Location: Mineral Basin This morning I woke up around 5am. I didn’t want to get out of my sleeping bag because everything was soaking wet and cold but I knew the faster I got it over with the better. I set my alarm again for 5:45 am and toldContinueContinue reading “Day 76: Safe in the Valley”