Comments on: The Great Divide Trail : Overall thoughts https://pmags.com/the-great-divide-trail-overall-thoughts Practical advice and musings on the outdoors, hiking, backpacking, ski touring, and camping. Sat, 26 Apr 2025 21:47:54 +0000 hourly 1 By: Paul Mags https://pmags.com/the-great-divide-trail-overall-thoughts#comment-650490 Sun, 09 Sep 2018 01:31:37 +0000 https://pmags.com/?p=18444#comment-650490 In reply to Dan Durston.

Noted!

]]> By: Paul Mags https://pmags.com/the-great-divide-trail-overall-thoughts#comment-650489 Sun, 09 Sep 2018 01:30:45 +0000 https://pmags.com/?p=18444#comment-650489 In reply to Dan Durston.

Lots of great stuff happening for sure. Amazing!

]]> By: Dan Durston https://pmags.com/the-great-divide-trail-overall-thoughts#comment-650437 Sat, 08 Sep 2018 05:46:26 +0000 https://pmags.com/?p=18444#comment-650437 Thanks for sharing the trail Paul and passing along info to future hikers!

The GDT is getting better every year with new 50km of trail to replace roads in Section B (heading into Coleman) opening in a year or two, clearing of the David Thompson Heritage Trail last weekend and a new alternate that will avoid the willows in Section D. It’s amazing to see all the passionate people involved in restoring and developing the trail.

]]> By: Dan Durston https://pmags.com/the-great-divide-trail-overall-thoughts#comment-650436 Sat, 08 Sep 2018 05:43:46 +0000 https://pmags.com/?p=18444#comment-650436 In reply to Paul Mags.

Put the Rockwall on that list – it’s a bigtime highlight of the GDT.

]]> By: Buck Nelson https://pmags.com/the-great-divide-trail-overall-thoughts#comment-649898 Sun, 02 Sep 2018 02:19:07 +0000 https://pmags.com/?p=18444#comment-649898 Nice hike, good report, great photos Mags!

]]> By: Paul Mags https://pmags.com/the-great-divide-trail-overall-thoughts#comment-649436 Mon, 27 Aug 2018 19:30:20 +0000 https://pmags.com/?p=18444#comment-649436 In reply to Nick Markota.

My pleasure!

]]> By: Paul Mags https://pmags.com/the-great-divide-trail-overall-thoughts#comment-649435 Mon, 27 Aug 2018 19:30:07 +0000 https://pmags.com/?p=18444#comment-649435 In reply to Jim Dean.

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed my journey!

]]> By: Jim Dean https://pmags.com/the-great-divide-trail-overall-thoughts#comment-649419 Mon, 27 Aug 2018 15:43:24 +0000 https://pmags.com/?p=18444#comment-649419 Gorgeous shots! Thanks for sharing your adventure for the rest of us “desk jockeys” and “weekend warriors”!!

]]> By: Paul Mags https://pmags.com/the-great-divide-trail-overall-thoughts#comment-649411 Mon, 27 Aug 2018 15:01:50 +0000 https://pmags.com/?p=18444#comment-649411 In reply to Jeff McWilliams.

Even with the smoke, the Canadian Rockies delighted. A tough trip for me with various curveballs (smoke and fires being the most obvious!), but an experience I do not regret! The two places I want to go back to see again are Robson (weather) and Peter Lougheed Provincial Park (smoke)

]]> By: Jeff McWilliams https://pmags.com/the-great-divide-trail-overall-thoughts#comment-649408 Mon, 27 Aug 2018 14:31:55 +0000 https://pmags.com/?p=18444#comment-649408 Great post. My wife and I just got back from being those “traditional backpackers” going up to Robson from the trailhead. Amazing views, made somewhat less stunning by all the smoke. I think we had about 2 days of decent visibility bracketed by lots of smoke obscured hiking.

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