Logistics and Transportation
Each the CT and JMT are point-to-point journeys, so that you’ll want to consider the way to get to and from every finish of the path.
The Colorado Path runs from Denver to Durango, each populated areas, so it’s extra logistically easy in relation to transportation. Each endpoints have close by airports, rental automobile workplaces, and bus stations. The one catch is the trip to/from each trailheads, which may be completed with assist from path angels, Uber, or hitchhiking.
The JMT runs between Yosemite Nationwide Park in the course of nowhere and Whitney Portal in Inyo Nationwide Forest, twelve miles from the small city of Lone Pine. It’s technically attainable to arrange your JMT hike utilizing solely public transportation, however you’ll need to patch collectively rides from a number of completely different small operators with restricted schedules.
Automobile shuttlers have to know that driving between the JMT’s two endpoints takes longer than you count on. Although the JMT itself is just 211 miles, the drive is about 400 miles and takes 7 hours! It’s truly quicker to drive between Denver and Durango even supposing the CT is over twice so long as the JMT.
Once I through hiked the JMT we arrange a automobile shuttle amongst our group of 4. The opposite two drove to Lone Pine, left a automobile there, and pieced collectively public transport to Yosemite Valley. We drove to Yosemite, left our automobile there, and hiked collectively right down to Whitney Portal. We then hitchhiked to Lone Pine, drove collectively of their automobile again to Yosemite (7 hours!), then drove our personal automobile dwelling. Yikes, that’s a variety of transportation!
Once I hiked the Colorado Path we flew into Denver and Ubered to the beginning trailhead. On the finish we hitchhiked from the end trailhead into Durango and flew dwelling from there. A lot easier than the JMT!
