One last night in the hut and today marked the final leg. 35 more miles and we’d be done. We were all ready for today, there was no doubt about it. I can’t describe or say enough about how awesome this trip was (yes Juston it was Epic!). However I was very glad to be…
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San Juan Huts Day 6
Day 5 was a chance to chill out and let somebody else do the cooking. Day 6 was “only” supposed to be 20.8 miles long. It was also supposed to be over 5,000′ of climbing. The good news……it was just under 5,000′ per my Garmin, the bad news, it was almost 23 miles long, and…
San Juan Huts Day 5
The day we have all be waiting for…..the trip into Paradox Valley and a dinner prepared for us by the great folks at Paradox Produce Company. It meant no cooking for us, no dirty dishes and a chance to get out of the baking sun! Day 5 Wedding Bell Hut to Paradox Hut: 31.43 miles…
San Juan Huts Day 4
Today was more or less a “flat” day. If you can count 2,000′ of elevation gain as flat? Relatively speaking though it was another easy day without any major climbing. Similar to yesterday, there was nothing super hard about today. Day 6 Dry Creek Hut to Wedding Bell Hut 35.08 miles 2,093′ elevation gain 2,625′…
San Juan Huts Day 3
With day 2 now behind us, day 3 was looking much better. Everyone was feeling good, altitude headaches were still there, but we knew that today would be the day that they would go away. We’d be dropping down to a more reasonable 7,500′ today. Day 3 Black Mesa Hut to Dry Creek Hut 34.95…
San Juan Huts Day 2
When we last left our intrepid adventurers they had just completed an epic day of riding the Colorado Trail and were fairly wiped out…….. Day 2 Bolam Pass Hut to Black Mesa Hut 28.38 miles 3,097′ elevation gain 11,383′ max elevation I woke up with a pretty good headache due to the altitude, I was…
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