Max on the CDT

Just when you think things will start to go more smoothly, the trail throws you another curve, literally. About 30 miles before the border, hiking on actual trail for once, we managed to take a wrong side trail and ended up down in this beautiful canyon. Instead of backtracking which is not our style, we just cut crosscounty back up through some other canyons, over some streams, up and over a hill, up and down another hill, around a small mountain, past a water hole, through some marshy fields, down a forest road and through a campground. After about a 4 hour detour we managed to get back on the CDT. So after all that we didn’t make it to the border that day but we did the next morning. It was a great feeling getting there. In another 5 miles we reached the pass and the road to Chama. I love town stops

MVI_1167