I Didn't Expect Colorado to Feel Like This | CDT Day 69-70

Seventy days and 1,500 miles from Canada, I crossed the state line out of Wyoming and into Colorado. This is Day 69 and 70 of the Continental Divide Trail, the halfway point of the whole hike. After days in the wide open Great Basin, it felt amazing to walk back into the trees. I passed a bighorn sheep, built a little CDT logo out of rocks, ate my last dinner in Wyoming, and then stepped across into Colorado, my fourth state after Montana, Idaho and Wyoming. 1,500 miles down, roughly half the trail, and Steamboat Springs and the real midpoint are just two days away. 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 69-70 Great Basin, Wyoming, across the border into Colorado Distance: 25 mi (about 40 km) on day 70 Total: 1,500 mi (about 2,400 km), almost exactly halfway State 4 of 5: Colorado (Montana, Idaho, Wyoming done) Conditions: leaving the desert basin for the trees, hot days and cold nights CHAPTERS 00:00 Day 69, getting closer to Colorado 01:16 Back in the trees, loving the new tent 03:39 Grateful for the people out here 04:28 A bird hunter and a bighorn sheep 05:28 First glimpse of Colorado 06:30 Building a CDT logo out of rocks 07:37 My last dinner in Wyoming 11:56 What it feels like to reach a new state 12:25 1,500 miles and the Colorado border 13:10 First breakfast in Colorado 17:07 25 miles done, almost halfway 18:21 First campfire in Colorado FOLLOW ALONG Subscribe:    / @jonatanbjorkman   Instagram:   / johnny__mango   YOU MAY ALSO LIKE Previous episode:    • My Town Day Routine on a Thru-Hike | CDT D...   Full CDT series:    • Canada🇨🇦 to Mexico 🇲🇽 | 🇺🇸 Continental Div...   CDT gear list:    • You Don't Need Expensive Gear to Thru-Hike...   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 #ContinentalDivideTrail #thruhiking #colorado