Author Archives: Deserraepotts

Miles Hiked: 18.3 Total Milage: 2271.7 Today I woke up to a chilly morning. My tent was still wet but I’m happy that it didn’t rain overnight. 12 pack and I were going to start packing up at 5am but he had a headache so we waited another hour. I was glad because I hadContinue reading “Day 131: MacDonald Pass”

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.Continue 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 toContinue 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 wasContinue 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 22Continue 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.Continue 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 theContinue 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 toContinue 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 ofContinue reading “Day 122: Rainbow Mountain”