The Hiker's Guide to Montana's Continental Divide Trail

Tad Brooks and Sherry Jones hiked the portion of the Continental Divide Trail from Waterton Lake to the southern boundary of Yellowstone in 1989. As the official CDT route is still under construction (or is as yet poorly maintained) in places, this book is now a bit dated; however it is still a useful adjunct to planning anything from a day hike to a through trek. The authors have painstakingly set down detailed trail-finding information and mileage data. The book would have benefited from better editing in the elevation profiles--several of the figures are wrong, although use of a topo map should make these obvious. This book has been my introduction to the Montana CDT, and I'm still using it extensively for my own hikes.