For The Mancos Times

On Thursday, Aug. 13 at 7 p.m., Mancos Public Library hosts Dustin Partridge's slideshow presentation, "Thru-Hiking the Continental Divide Trail," the fifth program in the library's series "Life Is An Adventure."

Join Mancos resident and Zuma Natural Foods owner Partridge to share in his adventures of hiking over 3,000 miles on the Continental Divide Trail through five states.

For more information about this program, visit www.mancoslibrary.org or call the library @ 970-533-7600.

About the Continental Divide Trail

The Continental Divide National Scenic Trail (in short Continental Divide Trail (CDT)) is a United States National Scenic Trail running 3,100 miles (5,000 km) between Mexico and Canada. It follows the Continental Divide of the Americas 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. The trail is a combination of dedicated trails and small roads and considered 70% complete. Portions designated as uncompleted must be traveled by roadwalking on dirt or paved roads.Only about two hundred people a year attempt to hike the entire trail, taking about six months to complete it.