If you are going to hike the Pacific Crest Trail and want a serious app dedicated to the PCT, then Guthook's Guide is exactly what you're looking for. The Guthook/Atlas Guides Team went to extraordinary lengths to not only create an excellent app tracing the entirety of the Pacific Crest Trail, but
The Ultimate Pacific Crest Trail Packing List
Your Pacific Crest Trail gear list can at times feel like one of your most defining features on the trail. It's been a few years since my Pacific Crest Trail thru-hike, and I've since learned a lot about what gear works on a thru-hike and what gear is better left at home (or thrown in the garbage).
Pacific Crest Trail Hiker Breakdown (Class of 2018)
Did you know people are 63% more likely to believe information they see in presented in a chart versus simply reading the same information in a paragraph? Did you know I made that up? Would you like to see some Pacific Crest Trail related charts anyway? Great. Yes, it's time for the fifth
Horror & Heartbreak On The Pacific Crest Trail (2018 Edition)
Is the Pacific Crest Trail a fantastic adventure that you should most definitely set out on? Yes. Is the Pacific Crest Trail a never-ending ride of epic views, happy times, and rainbow-farting trail angels? Not really. Is the Pacific Crest Trail a place where you could end up dead at the
The PCT Resupply Guide: Class of 2018 Survey
Contrary to popular belief, Pacific Crest Trail thru-hikers do not carry all of their food for the entire hike with them from the beginning. "Wait, so do you carry all your food for the entire hike with you the entire time?" If you're thinking about hiking the Pacific Crest Trail, be ready for
The Best Bear Canisters For The Pacific Crest Trail
The bear canister: an essential piece of Pacific Crest Trail equipment that reminds thru-hikers of what they're truly afraid of out in the wilderness - being torn to pieces by a ravenous bear in the middle of their night (but we all there know there's scarier things than bears out there). If you're
The Best Stoves For Hiking The Pacific Crest Trail
Using data from the Pacific Crest Trail survey, I've come up with a list of the best PCT stoves. That is, if you decide to use a stove at all on the PCT (all the cool kids are stoveless). If you're planning a Pacific Crest Trail thru-hike and you've told anyone about your crazy plan to cross the
The Best Pacific Crest Trail Water Filters
Using the data from the Pacific Crest Trail survey, I've come up with a list of the best PCT water filters and treatment systems. It's a question that many hikers struggle with every year (unless you don't believe in treating because your thru-hiking power level is over 9,000) - how to turn
The PCT Gear Guide: Class of 2018 Survey
In the second installment of our look at the Pacific Crest Trail Thru-hiker Survey, we are taking a deep dive into the gear hikers on the Pacific Crest Trail used this year. This includes not only what PCT gear was the most common, but what PCT gear performed best over the course of the trail (and