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The Continental Divide Trail is a footpath running 3,100 miles (5,000 km) through the United States of America between Mexico and Canada. It follows the continental divide along the Rocky Mountains and traverses five U.S. states - Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico. In Montana it crosses Triple Divide Peak which separates the Hudson Bay, Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean drainages. As of 2004, the trail, a combination of dedicated trails and small roads, is considered 70% complete. The uncompleted portions of the trail must be traveled by bushwhacking .

The trail association estimates that only about a dozen people a year attempt to hike the entire trail, taking about six months to complete it.

The Continental Divide Trail along with the Appalachian TrailThe Appalachian National Scenic Trail generally known as the Appalachian Trail is a 2,174 mile (3500 km) marked hiking trail in the eastern United States, running from Springer Mountain in Georgia to Mt. Katahdin in Maine. Along the way, the trail also pa and the Pacific Crest TrailAnsel Adams Wilderness along Pacific Crest Trail The Pacific Crest Trail is a long-distance mountain hiking trail that runs from the United States border with Mexico to its border with Canada. It passes through the San Bernardino Mountains and the Sierra form the Triple Crown of long distance hiking.

External link

Trail Map at CDT Association website

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