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Pacific Crest Trail

Featured - PCT Permit 2023

August 15, 2022

New Rules for Getting a PCT Permit in 2023

The Pacific Crest Trail Association (PCTA) has - again - updated the process for obtaining a Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) permit. The permit process has evolved over the years and has never been perfect, but with the huge demand for the limited number of permits available each year (especially

Pacific Crest Trail How To,  PCT Permits,  PCT Planning

Featured - Desolation Wilderness Bear Can No Text

July 14, 2022

New Bear Canister Regulations in Desolation Wilderness

The Forest Service has introduced new food storage regulations in Desolation Wilderness requiring overnight users to now carry "a canister designed to prevent access by bears." Simply put, bear canisters are now required in Desolation Wilderness. This impacts everyone recreating in Desolation

California,  Gear,  Pacific Crest Trail,  Tahoe Rim Trail Bear Canister,  Hiker Problems,  PCT Gear,  TRT Gear

Featured - New BearVaults No Text

July 13, 2022

UPDATED: Two New BearVault Bear Canisters!

Bear canisters are an essential piece of backcountry equipment for anyone traveling into bear country (or even anywhere in the backcountry there are animals). Not much has changed recently in the bear canister and food-protection space, but BearVault has just released two new products, the BV425

Gear,  John Muir Trail,  Pacific Crest Trail Bear Canister,  Bears,  BearVault,  JMT Gear,  PCT Gear

Featured - PCT Lake Morena Featured No Text

May 19, 2022

No, You Don’t Have to Hike to Lake Morena on Day One of the PCT

Lake Morena is approximately 20 mi / 32 km north of Pacific Crest Trail's (PCT) southern terminus at the US-Mexico Border and is a landmark of sorts for PCT thru-hikers. Many hikers have it in their heads that they need to make it to Lake Morena on day one of their thru-hikes; many hikers are

Pacific Crest Trail PCT Desert,  PCT Life,  PCT Planning

Featured - PCT Survey 2021 Discrimination

April 18, 2022

Discrimination on the Pacific Crest Trail (Class of 2021)

The Pacific Crest Trail is hiked by thousands of people each year - from all over the United States and the globe. The trail has (slowly) become a more diverse and less exclusive space over the years as it has become more accessible. better documented, and more well-known. One thing that needs to

Pacific Crest Trail Hiker Problems,  PCT Life,  PCT Survey

Featured - Triple Crown Award

April 1, 2022

How to Get Your Thru-Hiking Triple Crown Award

This post was originally published on April 1 in the spirit of April Fools' Day, i.e. the entirety of the below post is a work of fiction. The Triple Crown is thru-hiking's most coveted award. Only awarded to those bold enough to complete the Pacific Crest Trail, Continental Divide Trail, and

Appalachian Trail,  Continental Divide Trail,  Pacific Crest Trail,  Trails April Fools,  CDT Life,  How To,  PCT Life

Featured - PCT Survey 2021 Couples Gear

March 31, 2022

The Best Shelters for Couples on the Pacific Crest Trail (2021 Survey)

Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail as a couple can be a huge test of a relationship. Which tent or shelter to use as a couple can be an important consideration. Will you sleep together? Separate? Who will carry what part of the tent? Will you use a two or three-person tent? Will you bring no shelter

Gear,  Pacific Crest Trail Couples Backpacking,  PCT Gear

Featured - 2021 PCT Survey Advice

March 28, 2022

Advice for Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT Survey 2021)

Chances are that things won't go to plan on a Pacific Crest Trail thru-hike. One of the best things you can do to prepare for a PCT thru-hike? Talk to PCT thru-hikers and see what they would do again, do differently, and suggest that others (i.e. you) do. Questions like what gear do I get? Where do

Pacific Crest Trail PCT Advice,  PCT Survey

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