Author Archives: Deserrae Potts

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”

Miles Hiked: ZERO!!! Total Milage: 1173.5 Location: Leadville, Colorado This morning I woke up earlier than I expected. My body is just so used to waking up at 5:30 that 6:30 is sleeping in for me now. Luke and I went to get breakfast down in the hotel lobby before starting the day. The firstContinueContinue reading “Day 74: Leadville, Colorado”

Miles Hiked: 23.1 Total Milage: 1173.5 This morning I woke up at 5:30 and and quietly packed up to leave at 6am. Everyone else was awake and also packing when I left. I started the day by descending from Bear Lake. It was a nice couple of warm up miles to the bottom of theContinueContinue reading “Day 73: Surprise Visit!”

Miles Hiked: 28.1 Total Milage: 1150.4 Location: Bear Lake This morning I woke up around 5am and relaxed until 5:30. I slowly and quietly packed up my things and was the first person to leave camp around 6am. I love being the first one on the trail in the morning. I absolutely love hiking aloneContinueContinue reading “Day 72: Mount of the Holy Cross Wilderness”

Miles Hiked: 19.4 Total Milage: 112.3 Location: Copper Mountain, CO This morning I woke up feeling very well rested and ready to hike. I honestly wanted to spend more time in town but I knew if I stayed there too long the day would drag on in a bad way. I took the 8:30am busContinueContinue reading “Day 71: Copper Mountain”

Miles Hiked: 2.5 Total Milage: 1002.9 Location: Snowshoe Motel, Frisco Colorado This morning I work up around 6am. I relaxed for a little bit until I was so bored I decided to pack up my things and hike the 2.5 miles to town. I’m glad that the buses run early in the morning and everyContinueContinue reading “Day 70: Frisco”

Miles Hiked: 16 Total Milage: 1089.4 Location: Silverthorne, CO This morning I woke up at 5:30 am and starting hiking by 6am. We knew we would reach the top of a 14er about 12 miles into the day, so we wanted to start hiking early to allow some time for breaks. I hiked out withContinueContinue reading “Day 68: Gray’s Peak”

Miles Hiked: 11 Total Milage: 1100.4 Location: Hippo Trail Junction ** I wrote a post for day 68 but I have no idea what happened to it 😦 *** I’ll have to take time to re write it but for the sake of getting things published here is day 59!** This morning I woke upContinueContinue reading “Day 69: Hippo Trail”

Miles Hiked: 19.2 Total Milage: 1073.4 Location: Near Highway 70 This morning we all woke up at Alicia’s house around 5:30am. I got some amazing sleep on a comfy floor mattress next to one of the dogs and I didn’t want to get up and leave. I’ve been so exhausted lately its been hard toContinueContinue reading “Day 67: Sketchiness”

Miles Hiked: 15.4 Total Milage: 1054.2 Location: Winter Park, CO This morning I woke up in our awesome campsite to a great sunrise. None of my things got wet from dew last night which was awesome. I didn’t sleep well and I had a headache when I woke up. The first thing we did todayContinueContinue reading “Day 66: 13k Twice in One Day!”

Miles Hiked: 16.5 Total Milage: 1038.8 Location: Rogers Pass This morning I woke up around 5am. I started the day by making some hot tea and doing my stretches. I love when I have some extra time to do this in the morning! I ended up hiking out of camp before hummingbird and 12 PackContinueContinue reading “Day 65: Hellacious Blow Downs!”

Miles Hiked: 22.3 Total Milage: 1022.3 Location: Junco Lake Trail Head This morning we woke up around 6:30 am and left Karen’s house around 7:30 am. Before we left town we all wanted to grab breakfast and 12 pack needed to find a phone charging cord. I grabbed a bagel sandwich at a local placeContinueContinue reading “Day 64: Granby Lake”

Miles Hiked: 11.4 Total Milage: 1000 Location: Grand Lake Colorado This morning we all got up around 6:30ish and started hiking by 7:30. We only had to hike 11.4 miles to get to the highway at Willow Creek Pass where we will have to hitch around our first fire closure. 12 pack and I willContinueContinue reading “Day 63: Parkview Mountain”