We love it so much we thru hiked the Great Divide Trail (GDT) a second time – this time sharing it with our favourite person in the world!
In 2021 we thru hiked the GDT again, this time thru to Mt Robson Provincial Park (exited at the Moose River Trailhead due to the Berg Lake Trail closure), with our baby boy Toothless. Toothless was 8 months old when we started the GDT and he was 10 months old when we finished. To our knowledge he is the youngest person to thru hike the GDT.
We started our thru hike on July 5 (again!). We took 57 days to reach the Moose River Trailhead.
GDT 2021
#GDTplusababy
Since this attempt is with a baby, it was much more flexible and relaxed than our 2018 thru hike. We finished in Mount Robson Provincial Park rather than Kakwa Lake Provincial Park due to the remoteness and feasibility of food carries with a baby.
Resources:
Blog Posts
GDT General (2021)
- Finally logged our GDT thru hikes on the GDT website
- GDT 2021 Final Gear List
- GDT 2021 Thank Yous and Appreciation
- GDT Reflection Posts
- Post Edits: Adding Photos! & Titles
- GDT 2021 Gear List
- MYOG: Adding Nonslip to Exped Mat
- Gear Shakedown and Trip Report: Camping and Backpacking Chilliwack Lake with Toothless
- Gear Shakedown and Trip Report: Backpacking Cheakamus Lake with Toothless
- Gear Shakedown and Trip Report: Camping with Toothless
- Gear Review: Triplex Initial thoughts
- Gear Shakedown: Diaper and Scrubba #2
- MYOG: Shortening the arms on a Morrison Outdoors sleeping bag
- Gear Selection: Baby Sleep System
- Gear Shakedown: Diapers + Scrubba
- Gear Selection: Baby Carrier Part 2
- Plans for 2021 Hikes
Pre-GDT (2021)
- GDT 2021 Final Gear List
- GDT 2021 Gear List
- SCT 2021 Day 6 – Back to the car!
- SCT 2021 Day 5 – Fiddlehead to Inland Lake
- SCT 2021 Day 4 – Roadwalking to Fiddlehead
- SCT 2021 Day 3 – Tin Hat to Lewis Lake
- GDT Travel Day 0
- GDT Travel Day -1
- GDT Travel Day -2
- GDT Travel Day -3
- GDT Travel Day -4
- MYOG: Adding Nonslip to Exped Mat
- MYOG: Hiking Umbrella Holder
- Gear Selection: Water treatment for the GDT 2021
- Gear Selection: Baby Sleep System 2
- GDT 2021 Food
- GDT Prep: Final Stretch…
- GDT 2021 Gear Haul: Trail Runners
GDT:
Waterton to Coleman:
- GDT Section A Reflection
- GDT Day 8 & 9 – Lots of Driving
- GDT Day 7 – A nicer ATV trail experience than last time
- GDT Day 6 – Why did we choose road walking again?
- GDT Day 5 – On the road again
- GDT Day 4 – I’ll take an easy day
- GDT Day 3 – More up, up, up
- GDT Day 2 – Uh, I guess we are really doing this
- GDT Day 1 – Slow, then fast
Coleman to Peter Lougheed:
- GDT Section B Reflection
- GDT Day 21 & 22 – Get your goddamn permits GDT hikers
- GDT Day 20 – Into Boulton Creek; Bring on the Ice Cream
- GDT Day 19 – Flying
- GDT Day 18 – untitled
- GDT Day 17 – Up, down, repeat
- GDT Day 16 – Chumbawumba
- GDT Day 15 – One of those days
- GDT Day 14 – Here I am; Rock me like a -hurricane- Tornado
- GDT Day 13 – Heavy Packs Again
- GDT Day 12 – Dope Views and Good Trail
- GDT Day 11 – Finally off the road!
- GDT Day 10 – Heading out of Coleman
Peter Lougheed to Field:
- GDT Day 32 & 33 – Cold Beer, Warm Showers
- GDT Section C Reflection
- GDT Day 31 – I need a shower and a burger
- GDT Day 30 – Bravefart
- GDT Day 29 – that’s too much man…
- GDT Day 28 – Finally getting to the good stuff
- GDT Day 27 – hey do you know….
- GDT Day 26 – A mixed bag
- GDT Day 25 – A Connector Day
- GDT Day 24 – Another day
- GDT Day 23 – Up down up down left right left right (Alternate title: is this his first hike?)
Field to Crossing:
- GDT – Post GDT; why we didn’t tag Section D
- Section D Reflection – Part 1
- GDT Day 37, 38, 39, 40 – Injury… So what’s next?
- GDT Day 36 – getting off the road
- GDT Day 35 – In the clear yet?
- GDT Day 34 – the seven trials of the GDT
Crossing to Jasper:
- Section E Reflection
- GDT Day 51 & 52 – Aftermath of bad decisions
- GDT Day 50 – to Notch or not to Notch
- GDT Day 49 – May the (weather) odds be ever in your favour
- GDT Day 48 – out of the rain and into the chilli cheese fries
- GDT Day 47 – Rain, rain, go away
- GDT Day 46 – Don’t like the weather? Wait 2 minutes.
- GDT Day 45 – “… it’s almost obscene. Kids, cover your eyes.”
- GDT Day 44 – I’m dreaming of a white Christmas..
- GDT Day 43 – On our own
- GDT Day 42 – too many cairns on the tra-ail (too many cairns)
- GDT Day 41 – Ready to flip (flop)
Jasper to Mt Robson:
- Section F Reflection
- GDT Day 57 – a finish of sorts
- GDT Day 56 – A not so grand finale
- GDT Day 55 – wet feet and killer views
- GDT Day 54 – “Waterproof” boots
- GDT Day 53 – 🎵this is a highway, and I’m gonna walk it all day long🎵
Backpacks & Bike Racks 