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FINDING THE SWEET LIFE
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By Allie Ghaman || CDTC Communications Coordinator
There are many reasons to hike: to enjoy the grand vistas, perhaps, or for physical or mental health, or for the challenge. Emma “Wildlife” Rosenfield hiked this year for cinnamon rolls. Well, in part.
The southbound thruhiker from Utah, who confesses to having “a huge sweet tooth,” so thoroughly enjoyed cinnamon rolls as a town treat on a previous Pacific Crest Trail thruhike that she began her CDT hike with a plan to try as many as possible. She ended up eating 29 cinnamon rolls up and down trail, and ranked them in a series of videos.
Though she would check listings on FarOut and Google Maps to try to find unique bakeries in each town stop, being on foot sometimes encouraged her to find the nearest cinnamon roll at hand. She
Cinnamon roll from Sunshine Cafe in Silverthorne, CO., the only cinnamon roll of 29 to receive a perfect 10/10 in Emma’s rankings.
soon found that her baked good journey attracted far more attention than her hike generally. “People didn’t care about my epic views in the Wind River Range; they wanted to see me eating a cinnamon roll in Lander,” she says.
Her metrics for cinnamon roll ratings were based on evaluations of size, cinnamon flavor, baked texture, and frosting. “You need the right amount of cinnamon, so you can taste the flavor, but not be overwhelmed. I like the bread to be doughy and gooey. Fluffy isn’t bad but definitely not dry. For frosting or icing, I’m a huge fan of cream creese frosting. Sometimes you can get a maple frosting, and Brownie’s [bakery in East Glacier, MT] has a caramel one, but a traditional sweet icing can sometimes be too much for me,” she says.
After thousands of miles and dozens of cinnamon rolls, she revealed her top five favorite rolls:
5. Winona’s in Steamboat Springs, CO. 4. City on the Hill in Leadville, CO. 2. (tie) Frontier in Albuquerque, NM. 2. (tie) Penny’s Diner in Rawlins, WY. 1. Sunshine Cafe at Silverthorne, CO.
Emma’s full reviews can be found on her Instagram, blog post on TheTrek, and her YouTube channel. And if she had to do it again? “As far as sweet items go, I’d stick with cinnamon rolls. But someone could do a taco tasting? That’d be pretty fun,” she says.
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FINDING THE SWEET LIFE
By Allie Ghaman || CDTC Communications Coordinator
There are many reasons to hike: to enjoy the grand vistas, perhaps, or for physical or mental health, or for the challenge. Emma “Wildlife” Rosenfield hiked this year for cinnamon rolls. Well, in part.
The southbound thruhiker from Utah, who confesses to having “a huge sweet tooth,” so thoroughly enjoyed cinnamon rolls as a town treat on a previous Pacific Crest Trail thruhike that she began her CDT hike with a plan to try as many as possible. She ended up eating 29 cinnamon rolls up and down trail, and ranked them in a series of videos.
Though she would check listings on FarOut and Google Maps to try to find unique bakeries in each town stop, being on foot sometimes encouraged her to find the nearest cinnamon roll at hand. She
soon found that her baked good journey attracted far more attention than her hike generally. “People didn’t care about my epic views in the Wind River Range; they wanted to see me eating a cinnamon roll in Lander,” she says.
Her metrics for cinnamon roll ratings were based on evaluations of size, cinnamon flavor, baked texture, and frosting. “You need the right amount of cinnamon, so you can taste the flavor, but not be overwhelmed. I like the bread to be doughy and gooey. Fluffy isn’t bad but definitely not dry. For frosting or icing, I’m a huge fan of cream creese frosting. Sometimes you can get a maple frosting, and Brownie’s [bakery in East Glacier, MT] has a caramel one, but a traditional sweet icing can sometimes be too much for me,” she says.
After thousands of miles and dozens of cinnamon rolls, she revealed her top five favorite rolls:
5. Winona’s in Steamboat Springs, CO. 4. City on the Hill in Leadville, CO. 2. (tie) Frontier in Albuquerque, NM. 2. (tie) Penny’s Diner in Rawlins, WY. 1. Sunshine Cafe at Silverthorne, CO.
Emma’s full reviews can be found on her Instagram, blog post on TheTrek, and her YouTube channel. And if she had to do it again? “As far as sweet items go, I’d stick with cinnamon rolls. But someone could do a taco tasting? That’d be pretty fun,” she says.
Cinnamon roll from Sunshine Cafe in Silverthorne, CO., the only cinnamon roll of 29 to receive a perfect 10/10 in Emma’s rankings.
