Colorado Trail FKT Pacers: Gina Harcrow - (719) 313-7370 Lisa Mansfield - (303) 517-4106 Christina Gallagher (Tina) - (808) 388-8946 William Schlaupitz (Bill)- (719) 659-7202 Jennifer Skeels (Jenn) - (303) 912-2681 Brett Overby - (720) 456-8103 Rodger Greer - (719) 359-3251 Kim Greer - (719) 359-3254 Araina Huss Carrie Stafford (witnessed areas like Camp Hale, Twin Lakes) (719) 651-9806 The numbers below refer to segments on the CO Trail. 7/29 (Friday): 1 (Waterton) - started 4:25a (w/Gina) (16.8mi) 2 – arrived at S. Platte River 8:32a, left 8:43a (11.5mi, 28.3 mi) 3 – arrived at Little Scraggy 11:45a, left 12:05p (12.2mi, 40.5 mi) 4 – arrived at Rolling Creek 3:49p, left 4:08p (16.6mi, 57.1 mi) Arrived at Long Gulch 9:53p. Tot= 57.1 mi 7/30 (Sat) (w/Gina) 5- left Long Gulch 3:45a (14.6mi, 71.7 mi) 6- arrived at Kenosha 8:30a, left 9:22a (32.7mi) (John crewed at 3:55p at a road crossing) Arrived at Gold Hill 10:02p. Tot= 47.3 mi, 104.4 mi 7/31 (Sun) (w/Gina) 7- left Gold Hill 6:55a (13.2mi, 117.6 mi) Arrived at Copper 1:43p and called it for the day. Stomach issues and bad weather – next possible crew area was almost 20 miles away, and the commitment was too much. Tot= 13.2 mi, 130.2 mi 8/1 (Mon) (w/Gina) 8- left Copper 5:26a (25.4mi, 155.6mi). Forgot poles, so Gina went back to grab them, then she missed a trail marker and was off the CT for about 15 minutes. Gina also had mild stomach distress this morning, so even though we both were on this segment, Sheila ended up being 30-60 minutes in front of Gina. As Sheila approached Camp Hale, Carrie Stafford came up the trail and found her. Came into Camp Hale sometime around noon and left ~25 minutes later (with Carrie Stafford). Lisa Mansfield drove to Tennessee Pass and ran out and met Sheila and Carrie. John crewed Gina at Camp Hale, and Gina drove with him to Tennessee Pass to wait for Sheila. 9- arrived at Tennessee Pass 2:25p, left 2:58p with Gina (13.6mi, 169.2mi) Arrived at timberline 8:01p (poured non-stop for THREE HOURS, but had a great day and felt well!). Slept in Lisa’s van at Timberline TH. Met thru-hiker Torch who also slept on the floor of Lisa’s van. Gina went home this night. Tot=39mi, 169.2 mi 8/2 (Tue) (w/Lisa) 10- left Timberline 5:27a (13.1mi, 182.3 mi). Lisa went out to Hagerman Pass Road (just under 2 miles), then turned around, so she could drive her van to Mt. Massive TH. Did most of this segment solo. 11- arrived Mt. Massive TH at 10:12a, left 10:22a. Lisa crewed this part, then did the next segment to Twin Lakes Dam. We saw Carrie on a bike ride by Twin Lakes, and she helped crew at the dam (13.7+9.8 mi cw01), 2:39p at Twin Lakes Dam, out 3:03p w/Bill. Came in Sheep Gulch 8:25p. Gorgeous evening on Hope Pass – rainbow! Tot=36.6mi, 205.8 mi 8/3 (Wed) (w/Tina) Cw02- left Sheep Gulch 5:34a. Arrived at Cottonwood Pass 5:26p. (25.9 mi). Lake Ann was stunning. Thought we could have crew access at a road crossing at around mile 19, but that wasn’t possible. Tot=25.9mi, 231.7 mi 8/4 (Thurs) (w/Bill) Cw03 - left Cottonwood Pass 5:07 (15.9mi, 247.6 mi). Pacer went out a few miles, then turned around. Did most of this segment solo. Cw04- Arrived at Tin Cup 11:57a, left 12:28p (15.9mi, 263.5 mi). Did this segment with Bill. Arrived at Boss Lake 7:20p. Tot=31.8mi, 246.6 mi. 8/5 (Fri 2) went to urgent care in Buena Vista in the morning. Was up all night with breathing issues. Low oxygen. Urgent Care was a huge help, so the show went on. Cw05- left Boss Lake 2:41p (w/Jenn) Arrived Monarch Pass 7:13p. Tot=10.5mi, 257.1 mi 8/6 (Sat2) Cw05 cont.- left Monarch (w/Brett) 4:42a. (5.2+5.7 mi of seg 15 to Marshall) (10.9mi) 16- arrived at Marshall Pass 8:30-8:40a (Strava – we forgot to take a picture to mark the end of this segment), left Marshall Pass 9:06a (w/Jenn) (15.2mi) 17- arrived at Sargents Mesa 2:43p, left 3:26p (w/Jenn) (20.4mi). Arrived at Highway 114 at 11:30p. Poured for ~45 minutes. Miserable evening. John walked out at the end to meet us. Tot= 46.5mi, 303.6 mi 8/7 (Sun2) 18- left Hway 114 at 6a (w/Brett) 13.8 mi 19- arrived Saguache Park Rd. at 10a, left at 10:26a (w/Araina) 13.7 mi. We saw a dead cow on the trail at a creek. Fording the creek at mile 9.7 was a lot more challenging anticipated. 20- arrived at Eddiesville 3:19p, left at 3:55p (w/Kim) 12.7 mi. Arrived at San Luis Pass 10:15p. Had to divert 1.33 miles off the CO Trail to meet crew. Tot= 40.2mi, 343.8 mi 8/8 (Mon2) 21- left Creede/San Luis Pass at 5:56a (w/Rodger) 14.8 mi (had to add 1.33 miles to get back to the CO Trail from the crew drop-off location). 22- arrived Spring Creek at 12:54p, left at 1:36p (w/Kim) 17.2 mi Arrived at Carson Saddle 9:19p Tot= 32 mi, 375.8 mi 8/9 (Tues2) 23- left Carson Saddle at 6:20a (w/Bill) 15.9 mi 24- arrived at Stony Pass 12:45p, left at 2:04 (w/Rodger) 20.2 mi. Crew/pacers were delayed getting to us at Stony Pass, largely due to traffic in the Montrose area. John walked ~5 miles toward the river to meet us at the end of the day. No sheep dogs, no avalanche debris!!! Arrived at Molas 12a Tot= 36.1 mi, 411.9 mi 8/10 (Wed2) 25- left Molas at 6:32a (w/Kim) 20.9 mi 26- arrived at Bolam 3:20p, left at 4:07p (w/Bill) 10.9 mi Arrived at Hotel Draw 8:27p. Tot= 31.8 mi, 443.7 mi 8/11 (Thur2) 27- left Hotel Draw at 5:05a (w/Bill) 20.6 mi 28- arrived at Kennebec at 1:14p, left at 2:03p (w/Araina) 21.5 mi Finished at 11:35p Tot= 42.1 mi, 485.8 mi 13 days, 19 hrs, 10 mins