Segment 2: The Night My Tent Collapsed

2025 SoBo Colorado Trail Report ft. the Buffalo Creek Burn area, South Platte River Trailhead, a night of chaos and a 10-mile dry segment.

[ Day #: 2 | Total Miles Hiked: 8.5 | Miles Remaining: 482.5 ]

I wake up from the perfect sleep, my body refreshed. Peeking through the no-see-um netting of my tent’s open vestibule, I find the massive trunk of the Ponderosa pine still looming above.

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Segment 1.5: CT Mentors, Big Ramhorns, & A Literal Meltdown

Morning dew dresses the pine needles and wild grasses nearby, seeping i…