The Most BRUTAL Days of My Life | CDT 2026

These were the toughest days of my whole Continental Divide Trail thru-hike, and life! Alone in the Montana wilderness, I ran out of water on an exposed ridge, got driven off it by a storm, and ended up sheltering in a yurt in the middle of nowhere. I film and edit all of this out on trail to bring you along. If it adds something to your day, you can superpower me with a trail snack here: https://buymeacoffee.com/the.ambassador After walking out of the Bob Marshall Wilderness and into the Scapegoat Wilderness, I pushed nearly 40 miles over two brutal, hot, low-motivation days toward the road. I miscalculated my water badly, got caught in a thunderstorm and then hail, and stumbled onto that yurt right when I needed it. On day 13 I finally hitched into the town of Lincoln, ate a well-deserved burger, and reunited with a friend from the trail. This is my CDT 2026 thru-hike, the third and final trail of my Triple Crown after the Appalachian Trail and the Pacific Crest Trail. Over the next few months I'll hike more than 3,000 miles (5,000 km) from Canada to Mexico through Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico, solo. Follow the whole journey:    / @jonatanbjorkman   TRAIL LOG Days 11-13 Scapegoat Wilderness to Rogers Pass, Montana Distance: 40 mi (64 km) Total: 190 of 3,000 mi (306 of 5,000 km) State 1 of 5: Montana Hot, dry, and exposed, with a hail storm rolling in on day 12. CHAPTERS 0:00 The toughest days of the trail so far 0:27 Day 11: 40 miles to the road 2:00 Lunch and low motivation 3:00 Out of the Bob Marshall, into the Scapegoat Wilderness 4:12 Dinner up at the creek 5:45 First real sunset, pushing on 7:13 Camping on the trail 8:15 Day 12: 19 miles to Rogers Pass 8:45 A marmot friend 9:20 Running out of water 10:54 Thunder, then hail 11:52 Caught in the hail storm 12:48 A yurt in the middle of nowhere 14:03 A night with the goats 15:30 Day 13: hiking out to the road 16:36 Rogers Pass and the hitch to Lincoln 17:31 Into town: burgers and a reunion FOLLOW ALONG Subscribe:    / @jonatanbjorkman   Instagram:   / johnny__mango   Support the videos: https://buymeacoffee.com/the.ambassador YOU MAY ALSO LIKE Previous episode:    • Everything Hurts and I'm Running Out of Food   Next episode:    • The Reality of Thru-Hiker Burnout | CDT Da...   Full CDT series:    • Canada🇨🇦 to Mexico 🇲🇽 | 🇺🇸 Continental Div...   TRAIL TOWN, LINCOLN Where to stay: https://stay22.com/embed/6a64d7f47bc9... Food: burgers in town after 40 miles, hard to beat Resupply: Blackfoot Market, Lincoln (nearest bigger town: Helena) TRAIL RESOURCES Navigation: FarOut CDT guide https://geni.us/FAROUT-CDT My full gear list:    • You Don't Need Expensive Gear to Thru-Hike...   Permits & planning: https://continentaldividetrail.org GEAR | My big 4: TENT | Big Agnes Fly Creek: https://geni.us/bigagnesflycreek SLEEPING PAD | Thermarest NeoAir | https://geni.us/sleepingpad-thermarest BACKPACK | Osprey Exos 58 https://geni.us/osprey-exos SLEEPING BAG Marmot Helium | https://geni.us/marmothelium My full CDT gear list:    • You Don't Need Expensive Gear to Thru-Hike...   #ContinentalDivideTrail #cdt2026 #thruhiking continental divide trail, cdt 2026, cdt thru hike 2026, continental divide trail 2026, cdt nobo, scapegoat wilderness, bob marshall wilderness, lincoln montana, thru hiking, triple crown of hiking, backpacking montana, solo hiking, jonatan bjorkman, thru hike vlog, cdt vlog, wilderness survival, true survival story, adventures gone wrong, real adventure story, remote wildcamping