Each spring, the small mountain hamlet of Idyllwild sees an influx of Pacific Crest Trail hikers who make a stop in town, which is located near the 179th mile of the 2,650-mile trek. The trail ...

One of the world’s most iconic long-distance hiking trails for hiking enthusiasts is the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT). It stretches 2,650 miles from the Mexican border in California to the Canadian ...

The 2024 Pacific Crest Trail hiker survey is out, and its data will interest long-distance backpackers. Halfway Anywhere, a blog run by long-distance athlete Tyler Fox, compiles the annual survey (now ...

Each spring, the small mountain hamlet of Idyllwild in California sees an influx of Pacific Crest Trail hikers who make a stop in town, which is located near the 179th mile of the 2,650-mile trek. The ...

At 2,654 miles, the Pacific Crest Trail, or PCT as it's more commonly known in the hiking community, is considered the longest designated hiking trail in the world. Stretching from Campo, CA, near the ...

An avid outdoorsman, Rees Hughes had backpacked in Australia, New Zealand and across Asia earlier in his life. Then in 1979, after moving from Kansas to Seattle, he read Eric Ryback’s memoir, “The ...

Tommy Slabaugh and a group of fellow northbound Pacific Crest Trail hikers set up camp for the night on May 9 near Apache Peak, located near mile 169 of the 2,650-mile trek in the San Jacinto ...

BARING — In his 28 years of life, Casey Myers had never been in trouble like this. In 2004, he was 2,464 miles into the Pacific Crest Trail. Mice had eaten most of his food. And through torrential ...

Andrea Lankford left a decorated career as a park ranger after growing tired of the bureaucracy involved. But years later, three young men went missing on the Pacific Crest Trail in relatively similar ...

In the summer of 1981, Rees Hughes and Howard Shapiro, along with mutual friend Jim Peacock, set out to hike the section of the Pacific Crest Trail that runs through Washington state. It was their ...

Screenwriter Nonny Okwelogu struggles to find diplomatic words to describe the scent of people who have spent months backpacking the Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail. The body odor is “robust, ...