Books telling you how to plan, how to prepare, and how to hike the Pacific Crest Trail - there are a lot of them (and most of them suck). Thankfully, a few of them are worth reading during your days, months, or even years spent anticipating your PCT adventure (if you can successfully read books
Bear Canister Tips and Strategies
For those unfamiliar with the concept, a bear canister is a bear-proof container used for storing food (and basically anything with a smell/fragrance) in the backcountry. What's that? Bear-proof, but not human proof? Yes, because although they could literally (and effortlessly) tear us to pieces,
Raw Footage Of The Pacific Crest Trail [VIDEO]
Since apparently, you all enjoy watching shaky footage of walks through the wilderness, I have taken the original clips from my Pacific Crest Trail in Three Minutes video and put them together without any editing or music. The result? Pure adventure (and a considerable amount of wind). I don't
The Annual Pacific Crest Trail Thru-Hiker Survey (2015)
Given the popularity and supposed usefulness of my previous two surveys of the Pacific Crest Trail classes of 2013 and 2014, I have conducted my survey for the third year in a row (I guess this is actually an annual thing now). As many of you know, all the information here should be taken with a
Best Section Hikes of the PCT: Washington
After Northern California and Oregon, both of which are found generally disappointing or unappealing by large swaths of which Pacific Crest Trail hikers, we reach a contender for "favorite section of the PCT": Washington (more specifically, the North Cascades). Although not as high as
Best Section Hikes of the PCT: Oregon
After 1,689.2 mi / 2,718.5 km, the Pacific Crest Trail enters its second state: Oregon (if you're hiking northbound, that is). Considered by many to be "the easiest section of the Pacific Crest Trail", crossing the Oregon border from California represents more than just the point in the trail where
Best Section Hikes of the PCT: Northern California
The Pacific Crest Trail through Northern California passes through the Bucks Lake, Castle Crags, Trinity Alps, Marble Mountain, and Russian Wilderness areas, McArthur–Burney Falls Memorial State Park, Lassen National Forest, and Lassen Volcanic National Park. Yet a lot of PCT thru-hikers don't find
Best Section Hikes of the PCT: The Sierra
The Sierra is widely regarded as the "best" section of the Pacific Crest Trail (although Washington is usually a close second). If you're looking to hike only a small portion of the PCT, then practically any section of the Sierra would make an incredible section hike (except maybe for the section