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 ...

A survey of PCT thru-hikers found a big leap in costs in recent years. Surveys of the Appalachian and Continental Divide ...

At 2,654 miles, the Pacific Crest Trail, or PCT as it's more commonly known in the hiking community, is considered the longest designated hiking trail in the world. Stretching from Campo, CA, near ...

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 ...

The total number of permits, which also includes the less-popular southbound route or permits to hike just a section of the trail, was 7,852 in 2022, up from 1,879 in 2013.

Thousands of people each year set off to hike from Mexico to Canada along the Pacific Crest Trail, popularized by Cheryl Strayed's book "Wild." But most won't make it. That's because hiking more ...

The 2024 Pacific Crest Trail hiker survey is out, and its data will interest long-distance backpackers. Halfway Anywhere, a blog run by long-distance athlete Tyler Fox, compiles the annual survey ...

SEATTLE — The Pacific Crest Trail is a 2,650-mile trek from the Canadian border down to the California-Mexico border. "The PCT has roughly 500,000 feet of climbing, which is roughly climbing Mt ...

SEATTLE — The Pacific Crest Trail is a 2,650-mile trek from the Canadian border down to the California-Mexico border. "The PCT has roughly 500,000 feet of climbing, which is roughly climbing Mt ...

When northbound Pacific Crest Trail hikers emerge from Crowder Canyon in the Cajon Pass, they’ve already traveled 342 miles from the starting point at the U.S./Mexico border, and they’ve ...

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.