Twig Adventures

Category: Teton Crest Trail

2024 Summer/Fall Summary & Stats, Year In Review

14ers, Benton MacKaye Trail, Continental Divide Trail, Foothills Trail, Grand Canyon Rafting Trip, Great Divide Trail, Short Hikes, Teton Crest Trail, Uinta Highline Trail, Wind River High Route

2024 was quite a whirlwind for me, especially in terms of terrain, locations, and variety. I guess I could call it a Hiking Sandwich, with paddling trips serving as the bread. In short, I rafted the Grand Canyon, thru-hiked 2 shorter trails (BMT/Foothills Trail) on the east coast, went to AT Trail Days, hiked half of the Great Divide Trail in Canada, was forced off the trail by wildfires, then went on a wild and unplanned hiking spree in the Tetons, Gros Ventre, Winds, Sawtooths, and Uintas. In September, I hiked 16 14ers in Colorado, bringing my total over 40. I wrapped up the year revisiting some of the special places along the Hayduke in Utah and Arizona, followed by[…]

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After the GDT: Back to the US, Past Glacier, Yellowstone, and onto the Teton Crest Trail

Continental Divide Trail, Great Divide Trail, Short Hikes, Teton Crest Trail

The following couple of posts will be more of a summary, combining multiple days in an effort to document some spontaneous section hikes over the 2024 summer. I spent about a week trying to figure out what to do after the GDT, finally making my way back onto a trail. Roughly, my plan was to complete some alternate stretches along the CDT, which I missed in favor of sticking to the main route during my 2019 thru-hike. My strategy pretty much was to wing-it and see what happened. The first goal was getting back to the US. My post on the GDT FB page got the attention of an incredibly kind lady, Lisa, who offered to drive us from Calgary[…]

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