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Earliest date to start the Colorado Trail?
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Jun 8, 2017 at 3:35 pm #3472337
Hello all,
I really want to hike the CT, but have a very narrow window of time. I must finish by no later than July 25. I reckon it will take me about four weeks going at a good pace. My question is, to all of you Coloradans, do you think June 23rd or so would be too early to start from Denver?
Cheers
-JJun 10, 2017 at 8:55 pm #3472711I’m sure you could get this question answered by checking with the Facebook group CDT17. I know there is still a ton of snow up on the divide right now, with most hikers on the trail right now being experienced on snow. There are a few people in this group who can give you good information on this, one of them Jerry Brown, owner of Bear Creek Maps. Give him a shout.
Jun 20, 2017 at 6:06 pm #3474346I’ll be hiking in Jul/Aug. The Colorado Trail Association website has links to snotel sites that are relevant to the trail. http://www.coloradotrail.org/snowandweather.html
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