Mile 63.4 – 84.2
Most of the Colorado trail overlaps with the Continental Divide Trail and today we joined the combined path. We will follow roughly along the Continental Divide most of the rest of the way to Durango.
We’ve quickly learned that afternoon thunderstorms are common this time of year. So far, we’ve had between one and three each day. There is not much rain with any of them, but lightning is a problem. Many sections of this trail cross long passes above treeline where a hiker would be the tallest thing around. We want to avoid being in this situation when one of these thunderstorms passes through.
Several times today we found ourselves waiting just below treeline for a storm to pass before we deemed it safe to proceed the several miles across a treeless pass.
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