Great Divide Trail

Next through hike.

I would love to do the Great Divide Trail.

That's always been a dream.

In fact, in 21, my original goal was to do the CDT into the GDT because the northern terminus of the CDT is the southern terminus of the Great Divide Trail, but it was still COVID and Canada was closed.

So that's actually a big reason why I hopped over and did the Appalachian Trail southbound.

And next peak.

Welcome to the Outdoor Mom Club.

hello welcome to the let's go outside podcast at the time of recording this we are at the end of the summer 2026 my husband had a paternity leave this summer we decided to do a very big backpacking trip um that you can go back and listen to all about we did the great divide trail for three and a half weeks it was a huge backpacking trip that um was super special and incredible and hard.

Um, I wanted to share that this fall I'm going to do more solo podcast episodes because I feel like there is a lot of content that I want to dive deep into and talk about and share about.

I feel like the backpacking trip made me realize that there's just like a lot of things that I could cover and, uh, share about.

There wasn't going to be town sites along our trip.

Often with through hiking, you can do routes where you stop in towns.

The trip that we did through the Great Divide Trail Section B is completely remote.

We were going to not be in a town for 24 days.

okay

um this is from eli eli gilbert from instagram this summer i'm doing the great divide trail can i rock um in zone two can i rock during zone two in the military not sure what that means can i rock in zone two they're obviously a military person is that right

I think so.

I'm not exactly sure what's happening.

So I think you're asking, is rucking in the military a good training modality if they're going to be hiking the Great Divide Trail? That's what I think they're asking.

That's a good question.

Or vice versa.

And I think yes.

Discover it at Dolby Cinema.

[upbeat music] So I did the Great Divide Trail with, uh, my buddy Soccer Mom and my buddy Hank, and we were all walking in a line on this, uh, like, gravel road, whatever, like fol- following a power line.

And we were walking, and I was in the back, and Soccer Mom was in front, Hank was in the middle.

We were all spread out, you know, over a few yard, whatever.

Let's get to this week's guest.

She is 27 years old, and she has already stacked up a resume that would take most people decades to rack up.

The CDT, the Arizona Trail, the Grand Enchantment, the Great Divide Trail up in Canada, the Hayduke, the Colorado Trail, and the Sierra High Route.

And when she's not through-hiking, she's mountain biking, canyoneering, split boarding, climbing, and pack rafting, all of it out of a Toyota Tundra that she lives in full time.