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Trail journals from my favorite hikes!
CONTINENTAL DIVIDE TRAIL

CDT Day 46: And More Weminuche Wilderness

ByPurple Haze Posted onJuly 3, 2015September 21, 2025

Daily Miles: 22.0, Total Miles: 789.2

A beautiful climb today around several of the Divide peaks and then down the North Fork Pinos River.

I crossed the wide Los Pinos Valley and ate lunch while waiting out a thundershower. I draped my tent over my head, leaned against a tree, and took a short snooze.

Headed up Rincon La Vaca and then the Skyline route past The Window, a large gap or notch in the Divide. I finally crossed the Divide and headed down to Ute Lake, finding a pretty spot overlooking the lake. The whole lake to myself.

Ute Lake

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