Women of the Trail

Women of the Trail

When blazing new trails, don’t forget to play Jean Ella, aka Jeannie Smith, and her companion Lynn Wisehart were the first women to thru-hike the Continental Divide Trail, coinciding with the year of its official designation as a National Scenic Trail in 1978....
2023 CDT Gift Guide

2023 CDT Gift Guide

Looking for the perfect gift for an outdoors enthusiast? With these gifts, you can buy once and give twice as a portion of each purchase helps support our work to complete, promote and protect the CDT. Not sure what to get that person who has everything? Make a...
Minimizing the Impact of Campfires

Minimizing the Impact of Campfires

As we ask CDT supporters to take this year’s Pledge to Protect, we wanted to help teach some of the ways you can best be a steward of the CDT!  Q&A with Katie Connelly Q: One of the seven Leave No Trace principles is “Minimize campfire impacts.” What are...