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Thru-hiking the Pacific Crest Trail takes months, but you can see some of its highlights in just a long weekend. The PCT follows a ridge above Oriflamme Canyon, a stargazer's destination due to ...
The Pacific Crest Trail offers some of the most beautiful scenery in the US. Learn how to hike this iconic trail in sections or all in one go. Skipping the US Travel 2025 🌴 This country's ...
A total of 4,125 northbound thru-hike permits were issued for the Pacific Crest Trail in 2022, up from 988 in 2013, according to the Pacific Crest Trail Association. The total number of permits ...
Editor’s note: Explore contributor Gensheng Tian hiked a part of the Pacific Crest Trail in July. This is the second of two installments. Read day one at yhne.ws/pctday1.
A survey of PCT thru-hikers found a big leap in costs in recent years. Surveys of the Appalachian and Continental Divide ...
The Pacific Crest Trail offers some of the most beautiful scenery in the US. Learn how to hike this iconic trail in sections or all in one go. 10 best reasons to hike the Pacific Crest Trail this year ...
In this episode of the Explore Oregon Podcast, outdoors intern Olivia Stevens takes listeners through a Eugene author's unusual strategy to finishing the Pacific Crest Trail.. Rather than the ...
Readers may remember Paloma Medina as one of the authors behind the children’s book, “Looking for Marla,” an illustrated tale about sex and gender diversity in nature which debuted in 2019 ...
Every year, thousands of ambitious outdoors-people apply for a long-distance permit to hike the more than 2,600-mile Pacific Crest Trail, spanning from the U.S.-Mexico border to British Columbia.
The CDC published a report noting at least 27 cases of acute gastroenteritis in 2022 among hikers along the Pacific Crest Trail, presumed to be norovirus, based on the characteristics.