
Bannock Pass CDT Reroute Complete
The Bannock Pass reroute was a two-year project (2021-22) between the Bureau of Land Management Salmon Field Office and a local youth corps partner, the Youth Employment Program. The previous CDT followed an open motorized route along a knife ridge that has...
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....
CDTC Adds New Staff: Field Coordinators and Communications
Haley Gamertsfelder, Field Coordinator Haley Gamertsfelder (she/her) grew up in the mid-Atlantic, with the privilege of frequent visits out west where she was left awestruck by bears and geysers in Yellowstone, towering granite faces in Yosemite, and wide sweeping...