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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>NM is usually nice in May and you’ve already done the hottest part. It is 640 miles from Silver City to the Colorado line. Snow is usually an issue in the San Juans until early July so I would time my departure to get to Colorado no earlier than mid June. The San Juans are one of the best parts of the entire CDT so it would be nice to be able to do them. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>The Pintlers and Bitterroots routinely hold snow into July so I’m not sure flipping to Butte would help that much. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>best wishes,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Jerry Brown (bearcreek)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> cdt-l-bounces@backcountry.net [mailto:cdt-l-bounces@backcountry.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Gary Swing<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, December 05, 2011 12:06 PM<br><b>To:</b> cdt-l@backcountry.net<br><b>Subject:</b> [Cdt-l] NOBO Start Date from Silver City<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div><p class=MsoNormal>In 2009 and 2010, I hiked about 900 miles of the CDT and alternate routes, including the sections from Antelope Wells to Silver City, New Mexico, Squaw Pass to Silverthorne, Colorado, and Butte, Montana to the Canadian border.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I'm thinking about section hiking part or all of the rest of the CDT in 2012, probably starting at Silver City, and either skipping the parts I've already walked, or taking a higher route through Colorado. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I'm considering a start date from Silver City sometime between April 15 and May 1. Any opnions about how late is too late to head northbound from Silver City for the heat in New Mexico? Or the optimal time to balance out heat in the south with snowmelt in Colorado? <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Also, if I flipped from hiking northbound to southern Colorado to hiking southbound from Butte, Montana what would be the optimal time to head southbound from Butte in terms of snowmelt?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Gary Swing<br><br>--- On <b>Sat, 12/3/11, Bob Bankhead <i><<a href="mailto:wandering_bob@comcast.net">wandering_bob@comcast.net</a>></i></b> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #1010FF 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 3.0pt;margin-left:3.0pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>From: Bob Bankhead <<a href="mailto:wandering_bob@comcast.net">wandering_bob@comcast.net</a>><br>Subject: Re: [Cdt-l] resupply<br>To: <a href="mailto:rockmarkstar@aol.com">rockmarkstar@aol.com</a>, <a href="mailto:cdt-l@backcountry.net">cdt-l@backcountry.net</a><br>Date: Saturday, December 3, 2011, 2:47 PM<o:p></o:p></p><div id=yiv358144956><div><div><p class=yiv358144956msonormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Anything is possible, but some places just lend themselves more to local purchases than do others. </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=yiv358144956msonormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=yiv358144956msonormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I’d suggest that you also post this query on the CDT forum at trailforums.com and on the White Blaze (AT) forum in their CDT sub-forum.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=yiv358144956msonormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote><p class=yiv358144956msonormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Also, read carefully these two CDT Guides: Paul Magnanti at <a href="http://www.pmags.com/a-quick-and-dirty-cdt-guide" target="_blank">http://www.pmags.com/a-quick-and-dirty-cdt-guide</a> and Spirit Eagle at <a href="http://www.spiriteaglehome.com/cdt.html" target="_blank">http://www.spiriteaglehome.com/cdt.html</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=yiv358144956msonormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=yiv358144956msonormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=yiv358144956msonormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=yiv358144956msonormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>-----Inline Attachment Follows-----<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________<br>Cdt-l mailing list<br><a href="http://us.mc1107.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=Cdt-l@backcountry.net">Cdt-l@backcountry.net</a><br><a href="http://mailman.backcountry.net/mailman/listinfo/cdt-l" target="_blank">http://mailman.backcountry.net/mailman/listinfo/cdt-l</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>