We learned about the Great Divide Trail back in 2013 when Beardoh was creating some overview maps for Cam Honan's 12 Long Walks talks. Over the few years since, the trail has become increasingly popular. We wanted to hike this trail when we could … [Read more...]
Great Divide Trail (GDT) – Post Hike Thoughts
For us, it felt a lot of times that the GDT was suffering from schizophrenia…on the one hand, we were often walking through unbelievably beautiful landscapes, yet on the other hand, we encountered some of the worst trail we have come across. This … [Read more...]
GDT 33 – The End!
Daily Miles: 6 Total Miles: 543 We had a relaxing morning sleeping in and slowly packing up. We figured there was no rush to get down to the trailhead...as long as we were there by lunchtime we would be happy. The trail continued to be very … [Read more...]
GDT 32 – Berg Lake Trail
Daily Miles: 19 Total Miles: 537 Even though we didn’t need to do a lot of miles today, we still woke up early, since we had a glacial ford about eight miles away. With these types of fords, it is best to do them early in the morning when the … [Read more...]
GDT 31 – Moose River
Daily Miles: 20 Total Miles: 518 It was the usual damp cold as we got going this morning. With all our layers on, we headed up the trail. Within a few miles, we came to a horse camp which was currently occupied by a very large group of people … [Read more...]
GDT 30 – Miette Pass
Daily Distance: 2 + 20 Total Distance: 498 We had sort of a zero in Jasper yesterday. We slept in, enjoyed the really great buffet breakfast in the hotel, did some work tasks, sorted out food and finally walked out of our room one minute before … [Read more...]
GDT 29 – Jasper
Daily Miles: 23 Total Miles: 476 We got packed up quickly this morning and started back up the side trail to get onto the GDT again. We were pretty motivated to get going since we knew we had a lot of miles into Jasper today. The morning started … [Read more...]
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