The Great Divide Trail is a 950 Km (594 Mile) trail that starts at the Alberta/USA border in Waterton NP and ends (for me anyway) at Mt Robson. Estimated total elevation climb/descent is 25,300 meters or 82750 feet. Average climb/hiking distance is 27 m/Km or 139 ft/mile.
GDT Day 18
Daily mileage 12 km (not all on the GDT) Trail mileage 420 km Hours hiked 8:00 am to 11:00 am And that is a wrap We “slept” in (sleep just did not come easy for either of us for some reason) until 7:00 am and then had breakfast with everyone. Moose (fellow GDT hiker) was…
GDT Day 17
Daily mileage 32 km Trail mileage 408 km Hours hiked 6:00 am to 630 pm Mt Assiniboine day Our day began with one pass (Wonder Pass) and ended with a second pass (Citadel Pass). And plenty of km’s inbetween. Start out of camp we had a cushy cruise above Marvel Lake. Then the trail turned…
GDT Day 16
Daily mileage 28 Trail mileage 376 Hours hiked 7:30 am to 5:30 pm A walk in the park We had decided to sleep in this morning because the days hike looked pretty easy. The only climb of any significance came right out of camp and then the rest of the day was very cruisy. At…
GDT Day 15
Daily mileage 19 km Trail mileage 348 km Hours hiked 6:15 am to 5:00 pm Two pass day We were a little anxious about today because it involved climbing over two mountain passes, one steep decent that was deemed dangerous by a blogger, three stream crossings and a section of trail that was reportedly very…
GDT Day 14
Daily mileage 22 km Trail mileage 329 km Hours hiked 6:00 am to 10:30 am and 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm There is a grizzly between me and ice cream This was a kind of sort of town day so we were up early and finished off the only climb of the day post haste.…
GDT Day 13
Daily mileage 30 km Trail mileage 307 km Hours hiked 5:00 am to 12:30 pm An afternoon at the lake We were up well before the sun this morning because we knew we had a 28 km gravel road walk down at the bottom of the valley. In other words, a hot and dusty walk.…
GDT Day 12
Daily mileage 29 km Trail mileage 277 km Hours hiked 6:00 am to 6:30 pm A day of downhill. Lots and lots of downhill Our day started out with a couple of relatively benign uphills that took us to the rather unremarkable James Lake. Along the way we did get some views but the smoke…
GDT Day 11
Daily mileage 30 km Trail mileage 248 km Hours hiked 6:00 am to 7:30 pm The GDT was a bit of a softy today We were both out onto the chilly morning early but I happened to be first ready, so I took off a few minutes ahead of Harrison. Now bear in mind that…
GDT Day 10
Daily mileage 21 km Trail mileage 218 km Hours hiked 6:30 am to 5:00 pm Surprisingly tough day It was very cold when we got up this morning. As a matter of fact there was frost on the foliage in a meadow where we had breakfast. It was really cruisy trail for 5 km to…
GDT Day 9
Daily mileage 28 km Trail mileage 197 km Hours hiked 7:00 am to 7:30 pm Tornado Saddle Day We had agreed to sleep in a bit this morning so we were away a bit later than normal. First order of the day is to climb out of the valley in which we camped. Then the…
GDT Day 8
Daily mileage 31 km Trail mileage 169 km Hours hikes 7:30 am to 9:00 pm One of the best days of hiking We started out from our hotel in Blairmore (after ravaging the continental breakfast of course) with a ride with Jimmy the taxi driver. After 16 km and $30 fare, we were at the…
GDT Day 7
Daily mileage 0 Trail mileage 138 Zero day How much hiking did we do today? None. How much food did we eat today? Lots. How many town chores did we do today? Every last one of them. How many decisions about the upcoming trail did we make today? One big one. About that decision. As…
GDT Day 6
Daily mileage 25 km Total trail mileage 138 km Hours hiked 6:00 am to 2:45 pm Town day We got away from camp fully charged up for Town Day. Now, on any long hike I have done, you start getting excited about a town stay and town food and town beer a couple of days…
GDT Day 5
Daily mileage 32 Total trail mileage 113 Hours hiked 6:00 am to 6:00 pm The day that nothing much happened We knew we had some miles to make today in order to get back on schedule. And nothing got in our way. We flew down the ATV track and made it to the Castle Mountain…
GDT Day 4
Total mileage 13 km (yes you read that correctly) Total trail mileage 81 km Hours hiked 5:45 am to 5:00 pm Changing plans on the fly Well that was a beast. I had read several sources that all agreed that the hike up La Coulette Ridge and mountain was tough, but who knew these sources…
GDT Day 3
Daily mileage 24 km Total trail mileage 68 km Hours hiked 8:00 am to 6:00 pm Now that is better. We got a late start because we were both so whopped after yesterday’s hike. We made it to Lone Lake for first breakfast and enjoyed the place to ourselves. Then we started the drop/climb/drop trail…
GDT Day 2
Total mileage 31 km Total trail mileage 44 km Hours hiked 5:30 am to 8:00 pm That was a tough day We were up and at the trail early because we knew it would be a long, hard day. But we underestimated how hard. The climb out of Alderson to Carthew Lakes was tough but…
GDT Day 1
Daily mileage 7 km Trail mileage 13 km Hours hiked 11:00 am to 1:30 pm First full or at least official day on the trail We both slept in at the hotel but given this was slated to be a very short day that worked out fine. We went to the local Subway and got…
Great Divide Trail Day 0
Daily mileage 12 Km Total mileage 6 Km Hours hiked 2:00 pm to 5:15 pm First kinda sorta day on the GDT First a little background about this year’s hike. The Great Divide Trail (GDT) goes from Waterton National Park to Kwakla Provincial Park. I am going as far as Mt Robson, which if completed…
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