CDT: Rough Route

Last week, I got the rough start and stop points for the CDT hike I'll be doing.

Here are the details:

Start: Cottonwood Pass Road
End: South Clear Creek TH
Distance: 45 miles
total elevation gain: 9,790 ft

I did a quick rough trace of the route we're taking, from a book I'm reading. I think everything should be within a few hundred feet. The switchbacks look pretty awful, but the book claims to have them wrong anyway.

Map of our route
Elevation Profile of the route
Google Earth file (kml) of the route
*you do need to sign up for a free account to download the kml though.

This could be a tough little hike... the elevation is the scariest part :-)