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
Best Section Hikes of the PCT: The Desert
A lot of you have written to ask something along the lines of, "I have *insert amount of time*, what section of the Pacific Crest Trail should I hike?" This is not an easy question to answer. It depends on who you are, what you're physically capable of, what you want to see, what time of the year
Hiking Yosemite Part IV: The Mist Trail
Wait, where's Part III? Here you go: Hiking Yosemite Part III: Up The Half Dome Eventually I give up waiting for someone to show up with a wing suit or some BASE jumping equipment and decide to make my way down the treacherous Half Dome cables. However, the way down poses an entirely new
Hiking Yosemite Part III: Up The Half Dome
This is the third part of a four-part post, to make sure you're up to speed, best to start with Part 1. Getting up in the morning ranks among my three least favorite things to do - the other two of course are hiking and squeezing lemon into my wounds (the sting means it's working). But waking
Hiking Yosemite Part II: The Valley To Clouds Rest
After skipping out on our Sierra High Route attempt, Mr. Moist and myself decided to hitch from Road's End in Kings Canyon to Yosemite for some bumming around the tourist-infested wilderness (and to climb Half Dome). Didn't read Part I? Hiking Yosemite Part I: The Long Hitch In. TL;DR: we got
Hiking Yosemite Part I: The Long Hitch In
I have been off the Pacific Crest Trail for some time now, but that hasn't stopped my brain from coming up with grandiose ideas of adventure that may or may not be realistic in either practice or theory. My good friend from the PCT, Mr. Moist, and I decided to try our luck at the Sierra High