[Cdt-l] Where would 1,500 miles be?
Chris Pratt
chrispratt89 at gmail.com
Mon Aug 25 18:14:55 CDT 2014
If you get off the trail in Salida Colorado you can get the Black Hills
Stageline Bus to Denver for $25.00 (they only accept cash) you get a
free transfer to the Denver Airport for that price. It takes about 4
hours, leaves at 7 or 8 in the morning.
If you get off the trail in Frisco Colorado you can take the Colorado
Mountain Express direct to the Denver Airport. You get picked up at the
Frisco Transit Center, it costs about $60.00, they run shuttles all day
long and they deliver you direct to the Denver Int. Airport in about 2
hours. They have coupons on the website sometimes.
If you get off in Leadville Colorado, Summit County Transit runs a bus
for $5.00 that will get you to the Frisco Transit Center. I think they
only run this bus once in the morning and once in the afternoon.
I live in Austin Texas and fly into Denver and take the Colorado
Mountain Express a lot. Using a Southwest Airlines direct flight I can
be in the mountains by noon. Wish I was their now.....
Chris
On 8/25/2014 5:58 PM, Sean Staplin wrote:
> I guess I better qualify my reply as I only hitched to Lake City from
> Spring Pass and from Rabbit Ears Pass to Steamboat. I sent food to
> Monarch Pass and went through Breckenridge, so my sample size is small
> because of long carries.
> Mtnrat
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 4:54 PM, Sean Staplin <seanstaplin at gmail.com
> <mailto:seanstaplin at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> I had no problems at all. Longest wait was to Lake City. I had a
> HIKER TO TOWN sign and all who picked me up said the sign was the
> catalyst.
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 4:16 PM, Peter Sustr <petersustr at gmail.com
> <mailto:petersustr at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> I had no problems in CO either and was actually picked up in a
> Mercedes SUV with a family. Different experiences for
> different people. My longest wait last year was 2 hrs but
> that was back to the pass on the Columbus route out of Silver
> City.
>
> Peter "Czech" Sustr
>
> Peter Sustr
>
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 2:44 PM, Laurie <aure at montrose.net
> <mailto:aure at montrose.net>> wrote:
>
> Just finished Colorado, longest wait for a hitch was 15
> minutes
> Picked up by families with kids, couples, single males
> New cars and old
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Aug 25, 2014, at 10:40 AM, Jackie McDonnell
> <yogihikes at gmail.com <mailto:yogihikes at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>> Yeah, that's true about the shuttles, but they can be
>> expensive. I've found Colorado to be the hardest state
>> for hitchhiking. Shiny happy people in shiny happy cars
>> do not pick up backpackers.
>>
>> On the other hand, people in Wyoming and New Mexico are
>> not as well off (financially). It has been my experience
>> that people who have needed help in their lives are more
>> likely to help others. That's why the person in the old
>> beat-up car will give you a ride. New Mexico is the
>> easiest state for hitchhiking.
>>
>> Yogi
>> www.yogisbooks.com <http://www.yogisbooks.com>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 11:35 AM, Ron <ronyon at comcast.net
>> <mailto:ronyon at comcast.net>> wrote:
>>
>> Virtually all of the ski/resort towns in Colorado
>> have shuttle services to the Denver airport, so you
>> won't have much trouble if you are close to one of
>> these towns. New Mexico and Wyoming are different
>> stories.
>>
>> Ron
>>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>> On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 6:28 AM, Eaton, Kirk
>> <keaton at irco.com <mailto:keaton at irco.com>> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> I am starting to plan my North Bound CDT hike
>> next year and need to come
>> >>> off the week of June 28 -- July 5 for my Mom's
>> 80th Birth Day bash. I
>> >>> believe I would have completed somewhere around
>> 1,500 miles by this time and
>> >>> want to plan on a way to get back to the east
>> coast for her party. Can
>> >>> anyone tell me approximately where 1,500 miles is
>> on the CDT -- what is the
>> >>> big town?
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> Thanks
>> >>>
>> >>> OB = Old and Busted
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
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