Resupply advice from the CDT Survey

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Average CDT Resupply Plan

Based on survey responses we can piece together what an “average” Continental Divide Trail hiker’s resupply looked like for a 2022 thru-hike. Below is a list of all the CDT resupply stops where hikers stopped this year accompanied by the percentage of hikers who stopped at each location.

Resupply stops are listed in geographical order from Mexico to Canada (that’s south to north in case you’re unsure) and, again, I use the following colors to indicate each resupply stop’s popularity: over 75%, 50-75%, 25-50%, under 25%.

New Mexico Resupply

• Hachita – 1.2%
• ⛺ Lordsburg – 97.1%
• Deming – 0.6%
• ⛺ Silver City – 97.7%
• ⛺ Doc Campbell’s – 90.2%*
• Reserve – 14.9%
• Davila Ranch – 1.2%
• ⛺ Pie Town – 86.8%*
• Quemado – 3.5%
• ⛺ Grants – 90.8%
• Albuquerque – 5.8%
• Thoreau – 0.6%
• Crownpoint – 0.6%
• ⛺ Cuba – 78.7%
• Española – 0.6%
• Santa Fe – 10.3%
• ⛺ Ghost Ranch – 33.3%*
• Taos – 0.6%
• Chama via Cumbres Pass – 78.2%

Colorado Resupply

• Pagosa Springs via Wolf Creek Pass – 84.1%
• South Fork via Wolf Creek Pass – 6.1%
• Platoro – 4.9%
• Del Norte – 3.7%
• Creede – 21.5%
• Silverton via Stony Pass – 26.4%
• Durango – 3.9%
• Lake City via Spring Creek Pass – 69.3%
• Sargents – 0.6%
• ⛺ Monarch Mountain Lodge – 13.5%
• Monarch Spur RV Park – 1.2%
• Salida via Monarch Pass – 85.9%
• Gunnison – 1.2%
• Buena Vista – 9.2%
• ⛺ Twin Lakes – 68.7%
• Leadville – 72.4%
• ⛺ Copper Mountain – 6.8%
• Breckenridge – 44.8%
• Frisco – 16.6%
• Silverthorne – 27.6%
• Dillon – 13.5%
• Winter Park – 45.4%
• Fraser – 4.9%
• Denver – 11.7%
• ⛺ Grand Lake – 92.6%
• Steamboat Springs via Rabbit Ears Pass – 95.7%

Wyoming Resupply

• Encampment via Battle Pass – 59.3%*
• Riverside via Battle Pass – 22.7%
• ⛺ Rawlins – 98.3%
• ⛺ Big Sandy Lodge – 5.3%
• ⛺ South Pass City – 20.9%*
• Atlantic City – 11.1%
• Lander – 70.9%
• Pinedale – 68.6%
• Lava Mountain Lodge via Togwotee Pass – 7.0%
• Dubois via Togwotee Pass – 71.5%
• Jackson – 14.5%
• Togwotee Mountain Lodge – 1.2%
• ⛺ Brooks Lake Lodge – 4.7%
• ⛺ Grant Village in Yellowstone – 36.6%
• ⛺ Old Faithful Village in Yellowstone – 69.8%
• Mammoth Village in Yellowstone – 1.6%

Idaho/Montana Resupply

• West Yellowstone – 46.3%
• ⛺ Island Park / Mack’s Inn – 48.3%
• Big Sky – 5.4%
• Ennis – 1.3%
• Lima – 89.3%*
• Leadore via Bannock Pass – 91.3%*
• Salmon – 3.4%
• Jackson – 4.0%
• Darby via Chief Joseph Pass – 76.5%
• Hamilton via Chief Joseph Pass – 2.0%
• Camp Sula – 6.7%
• Wisdom – 5.4%
• Wise River – 1.1%
• ⛺ Anaconda – 72.2%
• Whitehall – 3.4%
• Butte – 21.6%
• Bozeman – 6.3%
• Helena – 88.6%
• Elliston – 2.3%
• ⛺ High Divide Outfitters – 7.4%
• ⛺ Lincoln – 32.4%
• ⛺ Benchmark Wilderness Ranch – 10.2%
• Augusta – 80.7%
• ⛺ East Glacier Village – 94.3%*
• Kalispell – 2%
• ⛺ Two Medicine – 9.6%
• Saint Mary – 2.3%
• ⛺ Many Glacier – 23.3%

*Stops where this year’s class suggests sending resupply boxes
⛺ Stops that can be reached without hitchhiking or road walking 

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Based on this information, how would our average Continental Divide Trail thru-hiker resupply? It would resemble the following. Note: names in bold indicate locations where hikers suggest mailing a resupply box.

New Mexico

• Mile 84: Lordsburg
• Mile 158: Silver City
• Mile 38 of Gila Alternate: Doc Campbell’s
• Mile 415: Pie Town
• Mile 525: Grants
• Mile 629: Cuba
• Mile 689: Chama via Cumbres Pass

Colorado

• Mile 847: Pagosa Springs via Wolf Creek Pass
• Mile 961: Lake City via Spring Creek Pass
• Mile 1061: Salida via Monarch Pass
• Mile 1144: Twin Lakes
• Mile 1181: Leadville
• Mile 1216: Breckenridge
• Mile 1290: Winter Park
• Mile 1343: Grand Lake
• Mile 1436: Steamboat Springs via Rabbit Ears Pass

Wyoming

• Mile 1520: Encampment via Battle Pass
• Mile 1602: Rawlins
• Mile 1722: Lander
• Mile 1799: Pinedale
• Mile 16.1 of Old CDT Alt: Dubois via Togwotee Pass
• Mile 1988: Old Faithful Village in Yellowstone

Idaho/Montana

• Mile 15 of Macks Inn Alternate: Island Park / Mack’s Inn
• Mile 2134: Lima
• Mile 2236: Leadore via Bannock Pass
• Mile 2358: Darby via Chief Joseph Pass
• Mile 27 of Anaconda Cutoff: Anaconda
• Mile 2618: Helena
• Mile 2686: Lincoln
• Mile 2744: Augusta
• Mile 2877: East Glacier Village

NOTE: This is for educational purposes only and is not necessarily a good (or even decent) resupply strategy. Please do not blindly follow this; instead, use it as a guide.

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