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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.<br>
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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.<br>
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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. <br>
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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.....<br>
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Chris <br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 8/25/2014 5:58 PM, Sean Staplin
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<div dir="ltr">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.
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<div dir="ltr">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.</div>
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<div>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.<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at
2:44 PM, Laurie <span dir="ltr"><<a
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<div>Just finished Colorado, longest wait
for a hitch was 15 minutes</div>
<div>Picked up by families with kids,
couples, single males</div>
<div>New cars and old</div>
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On Aug 25, 2014, at 10:40 AM, Jackie
McDonnell <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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<div dir="ltr">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.
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<div>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.
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25, 2014 at 11:35 AM, Ron <span
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solid;padding-left:1ex">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.<br>
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Ron<br>
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>>> On Mon, Aug 25,
2014 at 6:28 AM, Eaton, Kirk
<<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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>>> I am starting to
plan my North Bound CDT hike
next year and need to come<br>
>>> off the week of
June 28 – July 5 for my Mom’s
80th Birth Day bash. I<br>
>>> believe I would
have completed somewhere
around 1,500 miles by this
time and<br>
>>> want to plan on a
way to get back to the east
coast for her party. Can<br>
>>> anyone tell me
approximately where 1,500
miles is on the CDT – what is
the<br>
>>> big town?<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> Thanks<br>
>>><br>
>>> OB = Old and
Busted<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
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