 READ FIRST: If you
decide to take a GPS on your CDT hike, then having the CORRECT data is a
must. The year 2012 is a turning point. We now have accurate files of the entire
official CDTA route. Jerry Brown of Bear
Creek Survey has posted a waypoint file and also a complete trail POI file of this entire route. It is a single line from Mexico to Canada. Jerry and crew have done a The Official CDTA route, however, has no alternates (The Glacier border alternates are shown).
What I will outline here are the points of “significant” alternate
routes or “suggested” Ley routes (North Bound). These alternates are outlined below and are included on the track files posted. For many more alternates, bail -outs, high routes and low routes (see Jonathan Ley's map set!) Go to the CDT GPS FILES tab above for the track files for the CDTA route and the significant alternates As the saying goes, HYOH (Hike Your Own Hike) and also PYOR (Pick Your Own Route). NEW MEXICO: Columbus
(Alternate Route): Crazy
Cook (Official Route): Gila: Hwy603,
Hwy117, Hwy53 Bypass to Grants: Taylor
Peak: Ghost
Ranch: COLORADO: Colorado
Border: Creede/San
Juan: Silverthorne/Grays-Torreys: Grand
Lake/RMNP:
WYOMING: Wyoming
Border: Great
Divide/Ferris Mountain: Cirque
of the Towers:
MONTANA: Montana
Border: Henrys
Lake/Mack’s Inn: Anaconda/Butte: Waterton
or Chief Mountain: Click the download arrow to download each file: (Key words: gpx gps .gpx Garmin CDT Continental Divide Trail CDTA Track Route Waypoint Way Point StarMan) |