Continental Divide News

 
Continental Divide Trail -- Pie Town, New Mexico
Patch.com
We were climbing Mangas Mountain, at 9596 feet, the highest point so far in New Mexico on the Continental Divide Trail. We hiked primarily on dusty dirt roads with a few sections of real trail thrown in so our feet wouldn't absolutely die on us.

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Doing good in the neighborhood
Vail Daily News
CASA of the Continental Divide's court-appointed trained volunteers advocate in court for the best interest of children who are victims of abuse and neglect in the 5th Judicial District of Colorado in order to find them safe and permanent homes as soon ...


 
Continental Divide Trail -- Heart of the Gila
Patch.com
By Scott Williams The Gila River can be a treacherous section of any hike of the Continental Divide Trail. If the snow melt in the mountains is high or the mid season monsoons heavy, it can be impassible, and many end up road walking this section.

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Worm: Mazama family biking along the Continental Divide
The Wenatchee World Online
They plan to ride — each on their own mountain bike — north along the Continental Divide to Banff, Alberta. They didn't get off to a great start, Seckinger wrote on his blog. One of the bikes — disassembled in a box — fell off a tractor-pulled ...


 
Continental Divide Trail -- Gila River
Patch.com
There are three places to start the Continental Divide Trail and Columbus is the furthest east. We had started at Crazy Cook, part way down the boot heel of New Mexico, the “official start” a week and a half earlier. The third common starting place is ...

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Colo. weather report: fire and ice in store
Colorado Springs Gazette
Meanwhile, forecasters in Grand Junction have issued a fire weather watch beginning Friday for areas west of the Continental Divide as firefighters continue to mop up a wildfire that scorched about 12 square miles near Fort Collins.

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Continental Divide Trail -- Silver City, New Mexico
Patch.com
Nancy and I are hiking the Continental Divide Trail. From the Mexican Border, we had hiked for six days cross country following rock cairns, metal CDT signs and our GPS units. We had loved the days of walking on open range, where we'd seen pronghorn ...