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The Colorado Trail connects the Denver area with Durango through Colorado’s mountains. It crosses multiple mountain ranges and wilderness areas and supports hiking, backpacking, mountain biking and horseback travel.
9 TUM reports · Published coverage below
Publication history
6 editorial issues
Distinct issues per publication month. Each issue counts once.
Monthly editorial issue counts: Jul 2024: 0; Aug 2024: 2; Sep 2024: 0; Oct 2024: 0; Nov 2024: 0; Dec 2024: 0; Jan 2025: 1; Feb 2025: 0; Mar 2025: 0; Apr 2025: 0; May 2025: 0; Jun 2025: 1; Jul 2025: 1; Aug 2025: 1; Sep 2025: 0; Oct 2025: 0; Nov 2025: 0; Dec 2025: 0; Jan 2026: 0; Feb 2026: 0; Mar 2026: 0; Apr 2026: 0; May 2026: 0; Jun 2026: 0; Jul 2026: 0; Aug 2026: 0; Sep 2026: 0; Oct 2026: 0; Nov 2026: 0.
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Jonathan Thomas completed a 2025 self-supported east-to-west Colorado Trail effort via Collegiate West in 8d20h38m. Jessica Pekari’s unsupported Durango-to-Denver Collegiate West effort was a separate 12d15h result; her PCT record is also distinct.
TUM reported Jonathan Thomas beginning a self-supported Colorado Trail attempt in July 2025. The August 2 completion takes precedence over this start.
The newly released Skin in the Game revisited Browning’s earlier Colorado Trail FKT.
TUM highlighted Fastest Known Time’s 2024 countdown: Krupicka, Hegemann, Sansone/Hamilton at number5; Power/Fowler at4; Porter/Curtin at3; Anderson/Peterson at2. These are annual-list positions, not race podiums or interchangeable current FKT categories. The source specifically described Fowler’s Arizona Trail effort as self-supported; number one had not yet been revealed.
Event date: 2024 · TUM publication: January 2, 2025
TUM reported Browning’s west-to-east Collegiate West FKT in 7 days, 9 hours and 35 minutes; support style was not specified.
Event date: August 25, 2024 · TUM publication: August 26, 2024
Browning had started from Durango and planned the Collegiate West variant. The source distinguishes West and East but supplies no finish, elapsed time or support category.
The attempt was a topic of Browning’s Freetrail conversation; no result or support style is established by this item.
Explicitly named as an FKT attempt in the episode title; no finish, support style or recognition is inferred.
Mountain Outpost preview and daily-stream links covered Browning’s attempt; the item supplies no final result.
Thomas completed in 8d20h38m
Jonathan Thomas completed a 2025 self-supported east-to-west Colorado Trail effort via Collegiate West in 8d20h38m. Jessica Pekari’s unsupported Durango-to-Denver Collegiate West effort was a separate 12d15h result; her PCT record is also distinct.
SourcePekari completed in 12d15h unsupported
Jonathan Thomas completed a 2025 self-supported east-to-west Colorado Trail effort via Collegiate West in 8d20h38m. Jessica Pekari’s unsupported Durango-to-Denver Collegiate West effort was a separate 12d15h result; her PCT record is also distinct.
SourceBrowning’s reported west-to-east Collegiate West FKT
TUM reported Jeff Browning completing the Colorado Trail’s west-to-east Collegiate West route in 7 days, 9 hours and 35 minutes, setting a directional FKT while falling short of the overall mark.
SourceBrowning attempt coverage by Mountain Outpost
TUM linked Mountain Outpost’s preview show and daily livestream playlist for Browning’s Colorado Trail attempt. The links establish announced coverage, not that any stream was watched or that the attempt had finished.
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Public background sources checked October 30, 2026. The selection contains 127 published issues.
This profile retains dated TUM coverage; independently verified background remains limited.
Independent background research remains unresolved; dated TUM coverage and previously verified context are retained.
Background context from one original public source. TUM’s dated reporting appears below.
This is a limited background snapshot, checked October 30, 2026. Source publication dates and event dates are shown separately.
Published article, 2025-08-02T11:26:18.233Z. Public original captured at 2026-10-27T22:18:13.835Z and projected to reviewed article text; no publishing-repository text pin is claimed.
Exact public destination in the published item. The archived TUM issue establishes the historical attribution; this is not a fresh verification of the destination’s current content.
Exact public destination in the published item. The archived TUM issue establishes the historical attribution; this is not a fresh verification of the destination’s current content.
Published article, 2025-07-25T23:30:19.466Z. Public original captured at 2026-10-27T22:18:13.836Z and projected to reviewed article text; no publishing-repository text pin is claimed.
Exact public destination in the published item. The archived TUM issue establishes the historical attribution; this is not a fresh verification of the destination’s current content.
Published article, 2025-06-13T22:47:31.260Z. Public original captured at 2026-10-28T02:39:04.234Z and projected to reviewed article text; no publishing-repository text pin is claimed.
Exact public destination in the published item. The archived TUM issue establishes the historical attribution; this is not a fresh verification of the destination’s current content.
Published article, 2025-01-02T23:04:55.958Z. Public original captured at 2026-10-30T08:39:44.975Z and projected to reviewed article text; no publishing-repository text pin is claimed.
Exact public destination in the published item. The archived TUM issue establishes the historical attribution; this is not a fresh verification of the destination’s current content.
Published article, 2024-08-26T17:05:13.009Z. Public original captured at 2026-10-30T15:10:54.343Z and projected to reviewed article text; no publishing-repository text pin is claimed.
Published article, 2024-08-19T18:24:00.524Z. Public original captured at 2026-10-30T15:10:54.342Z and projected to reviewed article text; no publishing-repository text pin is claimed.
Exact public destination in the published item. The archived TUM issue establishes the historical attribution; this is not a fresh verification of the destination’s current content.
Exact public destination in the published item. The archived TUM issue establishes the historical attribution; this is not a fresh verification of the destination’s current content.
Exact public destination in the published item. The archived TUM issue establishes the historical attribution; this is not a fresh verification of the destination’s current content.
Exact public destination in the published item. The archived TUM issue establishes the historical attribution; this is not a fresh verification of the destination’s current content.
Exact public destination in the published item. The archived TUM issue establishes the historical attribution; this is not a fresh verification of the destination’s current content.
Exact public destination in the published item. The archived TUM issue establishes the historical attribution; this is not a fresh verification of the destination’s current content.
