Coco and the Colorado Trail – The Segments

Coco is hiking the Collegiate West route of the Colorado Trail that was added in 2012 and was co-located with the Continental Divide National Scenic Trail. The trail is divided into segments which vary in distance from 10-20 miles.

Her first two segments are challenging if the temperature are expected to be hot, so she opted to depart before sunrise to beat the heat. She has a Garmin locater device and can text us each evening when she finds a camp location, and also to alert us when she will come out for a resupply and some puppy love. She crushed the hike on her first day, making 20 miles (4 miles into segment 2) and then did enough on day 2 to get partway into segment 3. On day 3 she finished segment 4. She’s a day ahead of schedule so we will meet her to resupply at our campsite in the Kenosha Pass Campground on day 5 (July 28).

We can’t wait to hear her stories and see how she is feeling. She requested we try to find some shoe inserts before we leave Littleton. That says something!