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by Gillian Larson | posted: July 7, 2018

After Shyla’s rough time yesterday, we decided to give her several days off, which meant that Takoda was going to have to step up to the plate, and he and I were going to have to do three consecutive days together. Normally I ride Shyla on the longer mileage days, because Takoda can be quite […]

by Gillian Larson | posted: July 7, 2018

This day’s section of trail was one I had been concerned about ever since I first started planning this ride, as it crosses over the highest point on the CDT, Gray’s Peak, which is one of Colorado’s "fourteeners." I hit the trail pretty early and by late morning I had reached the northernmost point where […]

by Gillian Larson | posted: July 6, 2018

We packed up camp at our spot on FR 714 and drove back to the crossing on Highway 91 south of Wheeler Junction, and this time I rode Shyla, going north towards the Breckenridge area. My mother drove ahead again with Takoda and managed to make her way up the Middle Swan River Rd to […]

by Gillian Larson | posted: July 4, 2018

It might be a national day of celebration, but there was no holiday planned for us, although we left the camp by the lake early enough to get breakfast in Leadville and catch the tail end of the parade down the main street of town. Then we continued driving north of town, to where the […]

by Gillian Larson | posted: July 3, 2018

I rode out from our Mt. Massive camp today on Takoda, giving Shyla a break and letting him take over the trail duties. This was the last remaining bit of trail to get us back to the area near Winfield when I had to detour onto the CT after getting blocked by snow above Lake […]

by Gillian Larson | posted: July 2, 2018

This was my first day back on the trail since completing the section through the San Juan mountains on the 28th. Since then the horses have had several rest days, although that doesn’t mean that I was taking it easy! On the 29th, we spent most of the day on the road, which wasn’t very […]

by Gillian Larson | posted: June 29, 2018

This was my last section in the San Juan mountains before I would arrive at Lobo Overlook in the Wolf Creek Pass area. It was a really gorgeous day. In the morning, the trail did a lot of climbing, which resulted in some amazing views. Definitely this was my favorite stretch of the San Juans. […]

by Gillian Larson | posted: June 28, 2018

I covered only 23 miles day today, so not as long a ride as the last two days. But I had a tricky section of trail where we traversed a place called “knife’s edge” although it was not a true “knife” (with a drop-off on both sides). Instead, there was a wall on one side […]

by Gillian Larson | posted: June 27, 2018

Today was another decently long day of 27 miles. We started off going past a couple of pretty lakes, then climbed some steep passes. The trail is not graded the same way as the PCT, so there are some steep climbs and drops. Along this section the trail also fades to a faint path that […]

by Gillian Larson | posted: June 26, 2018

It was super cold overnight, so there were layers of ice on the horses’ water buckets in the morning, but the sun hit us first thing on our east-facing slope to help us thaw out. I packed up camp and got on trail with 28 miles to cover today; this is the last section of […]

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