Day 26 to Argentine Pass

We spent virtually all day above treeline walking the divide. While this section from Georgia Pass to Gray's Peak has not been officially recognized by the Forest Service, the CDT Coalition has pieced together a combination of old jeep road, unmaintained trail and cross country travel to create a truly wonderful route. Though we walked for 12 hours we saw no one on the trail even though much of the route, as noted on the sign above, was open to all forms of travel. We summitted 4 named 13ners (White, Geneva, Sullivan, Santa Fe) before dropping below treeline in the afternoon to the mining district of Montezuma. The best part of the day was seeing 3 different families of mt goats. In the morning getting water from a melting snow bank I had seen some of their tracks and hair but encountering them face to face was a treat. I guess because they have no natural predators (no wolves in Colorado yet and mountain lions, coyotes and brown bears tend to stay lower) they seemed unperturbed by our presence allowing us to get quite close. We camped at Argentine Pass just off the old wagon road that crossed the divide.