The CDTA mapping crew has finished its field work for the season. We mapped another 1200 miles of the official trail route by carrying three submeter accuracy professional grade gps receivers. (and hundreds of batteries) This year’s work was divided between New Mexico and Montana. We collect locations every second as we walk, and stop to waypoint every creek, stream, fence, etc., etc. that we find along the way. It’s our pink flagging you are seeing at poorly marked or confusing intersections - hope it has helped.
This winter we are producing a New Mexico Mapbook that will be similar to the Colorado one we published last year. It should be available by March and in time for the NOBO crowd. There also will be waypoints available for free download at cdtrail.com. Next year we plan to finish the rest of the project and produce books for MT and WY.
We really enjoyed meeting and talking to all you thru and section hikers this past season. Congratulations to those who finished or will finish soon.
p.s. Crazy Cook is a really nice hike!!!
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