I finished the Four Corners Loop on September 8, 2021. The loop ended up being 2485 miles long. I was quite speechless when I arrived back in Santa Fe New Mexico. My plan for this website in the future is to revise the website so the FCL can grow, and revise my maps so others can follow in my footsteps. After seeing the scenery for the last 5 1/2 months, the Four Corners Loop definitely should be a new national scenic trail. With what I learned I plan on making the route/trail better for all who choose to hike in in the future. I also plan on taking time to write a book about my journey over 5 1/2 months during the summer of 2021.

UPDATE - December 5th 2021
I have been home for almost three months since finishing my epic hike.  I have not actually updated anything on this web site, but have been contacted by two people who are interested in repeating the hike in 2022.  I personally believe it is worth a repeat hike.  I have been working on my book, and doing some general map corrections on SARTopo.

People ask if it was hard getting back into lift after the trail.  I like to say every day is a banquet, but I also think there are days I wish I was still hiking.  I have been working building a community trail in the woods by my house and spending time with friends and working on my house.  I did have a lot to catch up on since I was absent from home for six months.

Have a wonderful week!
The Animal - Kevin Koski

Hiking is just one way to enjoy life!
Welcome to the website about the Four Corners Loop

Expansive grand views, mountains,
​canyons, sandstone, good people, and indigenous lands provide some of the reasons for hiking the Four Corners Loop.

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I am pleased to dream up this route with hopes of the path becoming a new National Scenic Trial.

Hello my name is Kevin and I am creating a new long distance hiking trail, and the Four Corners Loop Trail Association for the creation and promotion of Four Corners Loop (FCL) trail.

I envision the term "National Scenic Trial" attached to the name in the future because the path I am laying out is worthy of the designation once approved by congress.

I hiked the Continental Divide Trail (CDT) in 2004 and it changed my life. I was a 28 year old with a zest for adventure who loves navigating by map and using my sixth sense, a mental compass. With these tools in hand, I followed a hand drawn line across 26 pounds of 7.5 minute series maps. My line was from Mexico to Canada. I will never forget my journey along the route with fellow hiker Garlic Man. Long distance hiking hooked and captured my spirit. I knew there would be more to come.

Ten years passed with memories of the CDT still appearing in my mind daily. Memories existed of the stones I stepped over, cliff edges I walked along, the snow, the wind, and especially the people. So when a friend George and his wife Karen asked me to hike Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) in 2014, the answer was an immediate "YES!”

On the PCT, I enjoyed all the people, the scenery, the towns and the creation of life's stories. Long distance hiking is popular, and I feel the Four Corners Loop is creating a new opportunity for others to follow. I see my idea as planting a seed that will grow into a new “National Scenic Trial". I just have to prove it out in 2021.

I am happy be creating a new long distance hiking route from trails and paths that exist, and through my time spent on this project I am creating the possibility of something grand and definitely worthy of the National Scenic designation that congress has the power to create.

Thanks you for following the inaugural hike of my dream that I will lay down in actual footsteps.
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Hike your own hike - Kevin

​The Logo was designed by Christine Coney a friend and a wonderful graphic artist. 
She used her creativity to give the logo a southwest flair and did an excellent job representing the four corners area. 

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