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PCT Sierra

Pacific Crest Trail Bear Canister Requirements

July 12, 2021

Pacific Crest Trail Bear Canister Requirements

If there's one piece of gear that causes Pacific Crest Trail hikers the most headaches, it's the bear canister. Most northbound PCT thru-hikers pick up their bear canisters at Kennedy Meadows and then ditch them at either Sonora Pass (Kennedy Meadows North/Bridgeport) or Echo Summit (South Lake

Pacific Crest Trail Bear Canister,  PCT Gear,  PCT Sierra

Forester Pass Featured

September 24, 2020

Forester Pass Guide: Approaches, Crossing, and Snow

Forester Pass, the 13,153 ft / 4,009 m pass named for the United States Forest Service workers who "discovered" it, is the highest point on the Pacific Crest Trail and is the first Sierra pass encountered by northbound Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) thru-hikers (and the final pass crossed by southbound

California,  John Muir Trail,  Pacific Crest Trail PCT Sierra,  Sierra Nevada

Glen Pass Featured

September 17, 2020

Glen Pass Guide: Approaches, Crossing, and Snow

Glen Pass, the 11,969 ft / 3,648 m pass named for Forest Service ranger Glen H. Crow, is the second Sierra pass encountered by northbound Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) thru-hikers and the eighth encountered by southbound John Muir Trail (JMT) hikers. It's located 11.6 mi / 18.67 km north of Forester

California,  John Muir Trail,  Pacific Crest Trail PCT Sierra,  Sierra Nevada

Muir Pass Featured

September 10, 2020

Muir Pass Guide: Approaches, Crossing, and Snow

Muir Pass, the 11,969 ft / 3,648 m pass named for John Muir, a Scottish-American naturalist, botanist, zoologist, glaciologist, and nature-enthusiast, is the fifth Sierra pass encountered by northbound Pacific Crest Trail thru-hikers (and the fifth encountered by southbound John Muir Trail

California,  John Muir Trail,  Pacific Crest Trail PCT Sierra,  Sierra Nevada

Pinchot Pass Featured

September 3, 2020

Pinchot Pass Guide: Approaches, Crossing, and Snow

Pinchot Pass, the 12,093 ft / 3,686 m pass named for Gifford Pinchot, the 1st head of the United States Forest Service, is the third Sierra pass encountered by northbound Pacific Crest Trail thru-hikers (and the fourth encountered by southbound John Muir Trail hikers). It's located just 9.8 mi

California,  John Muir Trail,  Pacific Crest Trail PCT Sierra,  Sierra Nevada

Mather Pass Featured

August 24, 2020

Mather Pass Guide: Approaches, Crossing, and Snow

Mather Pass, the 12,093 ft / 3,686 m pass named for Stephen Mather, the 1st Director of the National Park Service, is the fourth Sierra pass encountered by northbound Pacific Crest Trail thru-hikers (and the third encountered by southbound John Muir Trail hikers). Despite it not being as high

California,  John Muir Trail,  Pacific Crest Trail PCT Sierra,  Sierra Nevada

2020 PCT Permit Changes

October 3, 2019

What the new PCT permit rules mean for thru-hikers

The Pacific Crest Trail Association (PCTA) announced this week changes to the long-distance Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) permit that will impact all thru-hikers. Scary stuff, I know. But why!? Why are there even more restrictions being imposed on PCT hikers? All these people want to do is go live

Pacific Crest Trail PCT Planning,  PCT Sierra

Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) Sierra Section Hikes

November 18, 2015

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

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