As mentioned in another thread, my family and I spent last week in a remote cabin high in the Colorado Rockies. It's about 30 miles outside of Creede and just a few miles below the source of the Rio Grande River. I've been going there for well over 40 years, but it never gets old for me.

The last couple of years I've made a hike from the cabin to the continental divide. It's about 20 miles round trip (over hill and dale) and starts at 9400 ft. MSL. This year I was pleased to be wearing my new digital camo kilt made for me by Sydnie at Flamingo kilts.

Here I am at the summit with the Western side of the divide behind me. I'm at 12,740 according to the USGS topo map.


This is the view looking back down the route I took to the top. There's a creek at the bottom of that valley called Little Squaw which serves as my anchor to keep me on course. There are no trails that far out, just dead reckoning and reading the terrain.

It took right at twelve hours for the whole trip. Exhausting, but a real blast! This is the second time I've made this trip kilted. Hiking kilted is the only way to go!