The CDT runs for 9.5 miles from the Sheep Gulch Trailhead along Sheep Gulch Trail, over Hope Pass at 13,000ish feet, down Little Willis Gulch Trail, and then it hangs a right and follows the shore of Twin Lakes until it junctions with the Colorado Trail.
Sheep Gulch Trailhead
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