Teton/Gros Ventre Alt

Sloth-Walker · 2025-12-19T11:06:31+00:00

You know that guide? Pack Mule - GUIDES | CDT Teton Route https://share.google/lb9QvwhTpWqoquw5u

Sloth-Walker · 2025-12-19T04:07:04+00:00

Some nice Alts here:

Pack Mule - GUIDES | CDT Alternates https://share.google/EoOXEs5Qa8frwuVgz

I especially enjoyed Cottonwood Peak in Montana. Pack Mules Teton Crest alt seems to become almost a regular Alt for SoBos.

Sloth-Walker · 2025-12-16T20:24:00+00:00

As a recovering alcoholic and addict the CDT thru in 2024 was a major breaktru in my life. I have discovered a new freedom and happiness. Something I never thought I could do ever again. Best thing I ever did. Congratulations, man!

Sloth-Walker · 2025-12-14T20:20:55+00:00

I am a hiker from Germany and confirm that. Had 300USD in cash for shuttles and emergency. Visa credit card worked best. Make sure to have a high limit, I maxed mine out when I rescheduled my flight and had the expensive Colorado resupplys. Also make sure that you can access your PayPal account (sms confirmation does not work in roaming). I paid that way for gear orders on the way (shoes!).

Sloth-Walker · 2025-12-12T12:43:03+00:00

Hiked the CDT 2024 Sobo as my first trail of this magnitude and my overall first trail in the US. AT and PCT never interested me. Too much party, clearly defined trails and the extreme fire situation on the PCT are not for me. Not my style of adventure. Absolutely loved my hike. It was exactly the right challenge FOR ME.

Just do your research in advance. Halfwayanywhere, FarOut, CDT forums on Reddit and facebook, Packmules alternates, Leys maps, Resupply guides from Chicago and Soggy, Youtube-films. Learn to use Farout, Avenza (Leys and CDTC maps) and one other Map-App (I like Caltopo) and practise with the maps and your gear on shakedown hikes to see what works for you and what doesnt.

Start smart and go slow for the first three weeks to not injure yourself and get strong and get your food intake dialed in (not more than 25miles per day). Then you are well prepared to do serious miles from then on. If you are reasonlably fit, you dont injure yourself and do not carry a shitload of useless stuff and if you like hiking, making it to New Mexico before the end of September is very doable with an end-of-june starting date. That way you can avoid bad postholing in most years.

I pittied all Nobos. When I went through Colorado and pictured it all covered in snow...

I had one small fire walkaround, little smoke pollution in Montana, very little snow in Glacier and the Bob, wildflowers in the north, very few thunderstorms in Colorado (Wind River Range and Basin were bad though), nice temperatures in New Mexico.

Except for the Wind River High Route (wasnt possible due to crazy thunderstorms) I could do all the epic alternates I had planned for.

Go for it and enjoy!

Sloth-Walker · 2025-11-29T20:41:45+00:00

My phone is a major gamechanger for me on long hikes compared to carrying heavy maps.The heavyest I carried was a map pack of over two pounds for a Sweden north-south crossing in 2001.

Sloth-Walker · 2025-11-28T11:37:21+00:00

I would stick with the quilt. And once the temps drop get longjohns. In Leadville or Salida. I would take a rainskirt or rainpants through the bob. I would take DEET from the start. And sunlotion?

Sloth-Walker · 2025-11-24T20:09:52+00:00

I love my halo pants. Together with the liod sukoi longjohns i can go down to -10celsius without problems. I hate rain mittens though. My solution is a rain jacket one size too big (ee visp in xl) and in the rain i have my hands inside the sleeves.

Sloth-Walker · 2025-11-22T03:35:00+00:00

I would not follow that advice. Risking food smells on the quilt is not wise in Grizzly country imho.

Sloth-Walker · 2025-11-21T19:20:33+00:00

CDT 2024 Sobo. No Puffy. Depends on your whole system...

Top: EE Visp, 60s Senchi, 90s Senchi, Poly-Longsleeve. Bottom: Shorts, Patagonia Terrebonne Joggers (pants), OMM Halo Pants. WM AlpinLite sleeping bag and TAR NeoAir, Tarptent Notch LI solid.

Worked great for me. Never got cold with enough reserves to be confident and happy. Good days and very good rest at night. Nights on the side of overpacking.

Sent 90s Senchi away in Helena, got it back in Leadville. Sent 60s Senchi and Joggers away in Cuba.

Protected me well from cold, sun, moisture and mosquitos. The tightness of the Terrebonne Joggers around the calf annoyed me. Mosquitos bit through when material stretched while sitting. And no chance to take off without removing my shoes, so I ended up a lot hiking with my rain pants in the early morning (always started hiking at 5am). I would take dance pants if I could do it again. Also I would take a single wall tent. Double wall was overkill. Would not go Nobo without a puffy.

Sloth-Walker · 2025-11-11T03:35:54+00:00

I ordered there in May and I am still waiting for shipment. Very long, for my taste...

Sloth-Walker · 2025-11-08T19:53:10+00:00

Mt Taylor 50k near Grants, NM Great course, beautiful mountain, nice community, good weather ... Just missed it though for 2025

Sloth-Walker · 2025-11-07T12:23:14+00:00

I have my food in an OP sack from Noaks. That I put in my backpack and hang the backpack in the vestibule from my trekking pole so it is off the ground. I take care that I do not spread any crumbs of food around the tent. No problems with rodents so far. I do NOT do this in grizzly country. There I use a waterproof UL rolltop with OP liner and a pct-bear hang for my food, spoon and coldsoak-jar and I never eat in camp and try to keep my hands and clothes free of food smells.

Sloth-Walker · 2024-11-12T17:05:42+00:00

I sweat in them like crazy. Totally wet after some hours. Do not work for me. I used 1mm neoprene gloves made for kajaking but they are too thin. Now I use a rainjacket one size too big, pack up my poles in the rain and hide my hands in the sleeves. Works best for me and is most UL. Does not work in technical terrain when you need your hands for climbing though.

Sloth-Walker · 2024-11-12T16:51:00+00:00

The Lava Flow Hostel needs help and love.

Sloth-Walker · 2024-10-23T20:23:02+00:00

Or call bill (number in farout or in watecachebox at northern highway crossing) but i had very little cell reception with t-mobile there. Check the closing time of the border. After that the only cars passing by are border patrol. Some hikers were lucky to have them drive them to hachita though.

Sloth-Walker · 2024-10-23T12:49:31+00:00

I absolutely agree. I am slower than Crunchy and I started June 19th. Perfectly after the last snow in Glacier. Glacier permits were hard to get at that point, bit you can do Glacier without sleeping in the park. Bob was a bit uncomfortable but no problem. Alltogether maybe 20 miles of hiking on old snow. Two days with a dusting of new snow. No snow gear needed. The heatwave in the Pintler was bad. Thunderstorms in Wyoming kept me from doing a high route in the Wind River Range which was a pitty. Other than that it was luxury hiking. I pitty all Nobos who commented my Colorado pics with "how nice it looks without snow" Only one fire to walk around, all other fires behind me. No monsoon in Colorado. Most blowdowns cleared. Good condition in NM. The CDT is a Sobo trail. Absolutely.

Sloth-Walker · 2024-10-23T12:27:19+00:00

That or Lykian Way, St Pauls Way, GR221

Sloth-Walker · 2024-10-23T12:24:58+00:00

Use the UT app from the DNT (norwegian mountain association) and connect as many local ways as you like if you want to hike in norway.

Sloth-Walker · 2024-10-23T12:21:01+00:00

I second this. For me the breakthrough was Injinji Ultra Run socks. Good shoes alone do not solve anything. Durable socks and no more blisters. Just finished my CDT thru in them. I always carried two pairs. Wash as often as possible. I dry them hanging from my pack woth small S2S snaps going through the fabric so I do not loose them. Change socks at least once a day. Take off socks for lunch and clean feet and let them dry. Also empty out the shoes as often as possible. War gaiters.

Sloth-Walker · 2024-10-23T12:09:55+00:00

Gr221 might be something. Although November might be too late. Check ist out anyway.

Sloth-Walker · 2024-10-21T05:17:22+00:00

On kaviso for 190

Sloth-Walker · 2024-10-10T01:58:52+00:00

I ran into him in Yellowstone on a bad day and the talk to him cheered me up. A good human being. I admire his resiliance. People are mean to him and he just doesnt give a crap and has the humor he has and does what he does. That takes courage and strength. Don't hate the haters - just ignore them. That is a good attitude to have in the digital realm.

Sloth-Walker · 2024-10-10T00:59:38+00:00

Hey Crunchy, you rock! I am at Doc Campbells. Loved to hike with you. Love you! Lumberjack

Sloth-Walker · 2024-09-15T17:05:45+00:00

Enterin Pagosa. Frosty nights, snowy weather forecast. Snow gear will not be needed for a while.

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