{"id":421,"date":"2019-05-11T20:37:20","date_gmt":"2019-05-12T03:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maxheap.net\/cdt2019\/?p=421"},"modified":"2022-01-02T10:06:11","modified_gmt":"2022-01-02T18:06:11","slug":"taking-what-the-trail-gives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maxheap.net\/cdt2019\/taking-what-the-trail-gives\/","title":{"rendered":"Taking what the trail gives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I ended my last entry with the comment: &#8220;Unless something goes wrong, my next post should be after I&#8217;ve crossed into Colorado&#8230;&#8221; Rather, I&#8217;m writing from Rawlins, Wyoming where my hike resumes tomorrow morning in Wyoming&#8217;s Great Basin, another section of the CDT.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_418\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-418\" style=\"width: 3000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maxheap.net\/cdt2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/20190510_093738-1351155748.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-418 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/maxheap.net\/cdt2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/20190510_093738-1351155748.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3000\" height=\"1688\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maxheap.net\/cdt2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/20190510_093738-1351155748.jpg 3000w, https:\/\/maxheap.net\/cdt2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/20190510_093738-1351155748-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/maxheap.net\/cdt2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/20190510_093738-1351155748-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/maxheap.net\/cdt2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/20190510_093738-1351155748-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3000px) 100vw, 3000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-418\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The cabin from &#8220;City Slickers&#8221;, one of many films made at Ghost Ranch.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After arriving at Ghost Ranch, we learned that the snow conditions in Colorado were simply not ready yet for hiking and won&#8217;t be for some time. Rather than suspending the hike or bypassing incredible places like the San Juan mountains, we decided to hike &#8220;out of sequence&#8221; and have jumped ahead.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_419\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-419\" style=\"width: 3000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maxheap.net\/cdt2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/20190510_154533-500640825.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-419 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/maxheap.net\/cdt2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/20190510_154533-500640825.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3000\" height=\"1688\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maxheap.net\/cdt2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/20190510_154533-500640825.jpg 3000w, https:\/\/maxheap.net\/cdt2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/20190510_154533-500640825-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/maxheap.net\/cdt2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/20190510_154533-500640825-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/maxheap.net\/cdt2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/20190510_154533-500640825-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3000px) 100vw, 3000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-419\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This is the snowy scene we saw all along the Colorado CDT<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Going north to avoid snow sounds counterintuitive, but the section we&#8217;ll begin hiking tomorrow is largely at lower elevation and thus has less snow to contend with. My commitment to complete the entire trail this season is unchanged, but I&#8217;ll have to settle for doing it in a bit of zig zag fashion.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_420\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-420\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maxheap.net\/cdt2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/fb_img_15576230955261921063486.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-420 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/maxheap.net\/cdt2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/fb_img_15576230955261921063486.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maxheap.net\/cdt2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/fb_img_15576230955261921063486.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/maxheap.net\/cdt2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/fb_img_15576230955261921063486-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/maxheap.net\/cdt2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/fb_img_15576230955261921063486-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/maxheap.net\/cdt2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/fb_img_15576230955261921063486-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-420\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rawlins Road trip along the Continental Divide<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>No other updates to report for now. Will post again in 5-6 days or so. Cheers, Max.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I ended my last entry with the comment: &#8220;Unless something goes wrong, my next post should be after I&#8217;ve crossed into Colorado&#8230;&#8221; Rather, I&#8217;m writing from Rawlins, Wyoming where my hike resumes tomorrow morning in Wyoming&#8217;s Great Basin, another section of the CDT. 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