Will I make it to Mexico? Only Halfway and it gets COLD | CDT Day 71-73

Seventy-some days from Canada, my trail family and I walked into Steamboat Springs, the halfway point of the Continental Divide Trail. This is Day 71 to 73, and it is a bittersweet one. Colorado has been beautiful, even with a sore knee and a diet of Pop-Tarts. But reaching the halfway town also meant our last morning all together, because one of the crew is leaving the trail after the midpoint. We made it into Steamboat, cooked carbonara for everyone in the Airbnb, took a rest day, and I finally retired my Topo shoes after more than 1,000 miles. Now it is time to rest the legs and get ready for the second half all the way to Mexico. Over the next few months I'm hiking more than 3,000 miles (5,000 km) from Canada to Mexico through Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico. It's my third of the Triple Crown after the Appalachian Trail and the PCT, and it's turning out to be the toughest yet. Subscribe and come along for the whole thing. Subscribe to follow the whole journey:    / @jonatanbjorkman   I film and edit all of this myself out on trail. If it adds something to your day, you can superpower me with a trail snack here: https://buymeacoffee.com/the.ambassador TRAIL LOG Days 71-73 Colorado, into Steamboat Springs Total: past 1,500 mi (past 2,400 km), the halfway point of the trail State 4 of 5: Colorado Conditions: beautiful early-fall Colorado, a sore knee, a rest day in town CHAPTERS 00:00 Day 71, another morning in Colorado 00:28 A sore knee and Pop-Tarts 01:07 Colorado feels unreal 06:58 The trail family's last photo together 07:24 Our last breakfast on trail 08:06 The last miles into Steamboat Springs 08:49 Trail magic on the way to town 09:41 We made it to Steamboat, the halfway point 09:50 Cooking carbonara for the crew 11:43 Day 73, a rest day in town 12:18 Retiring my Topo shoes after 1,000 miles 13:02 New shoes from a trail angel 15:44 The last goodbye dinner FOLLOW ALONG Subscribe:    / @jonatanbjorkman   Instagram:   / johnny__mango   YOU MAY ALSO LIKE Previous episode:    • I Didn't Expect Colorado to Feel Like This...   Full CDT series:    • Canada🇨🇦 to Mexico 🇲🇽 | 🇺🇸 Continental Div...   CDT gear list:    • You Don't Need Expensive Gear to Thru-Hike...   TRAIL TOWN, STEAMBOAT SPRINGS Stay: shared an Airbnb with the trail family Food: home-cooked carbonara and pancakes, plus a night out in town Resupply: Steamboat Springs, Colorado TRAIL RESOURCES Water filter (Sawyer Squeeze): https://geni.us/sawyersqueeze Navigation (FarOut CDT guide): https://geni.us/FAROUT-CDT My full gear list:    • You Don't Need Expensive Gear to Thru-Hike...   Permits and planning: Continental Divide Trail Coalition, continentaldividetrail.org Some of these are affiliate links. They cost you nothing extra and help fund the hike. #ContinentalDivideTrail #thruhiking #halfway