Category: Pacific Crest Trail

We went on a Nine Day backpacking trek on the Pacific Crest Trail, in the Pasayten Wilderness, hiking the final 30 mile section from Harts Pass to the Canadian Border.  And 30 miles back!  Unlike thru-hikers who could easily do this in two days, we took our time instead, and enjoyed the beauty of Summer in the Washington Cascades.

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I went on a solo backpacking trek on the Pacific Crest Trail, heading southbound out of Kennedy Meadows and arriving in Walker Pass four days later.  This is one of the driest sections of the PCT, and I hiked it during a dry year, but luckily it was early enough in the season that drinking water was readily available.  The northern section was forested and the southern part was mostly chaparral, but both were beautiful in their own way.

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I did a solo section hike on the Pacific Crest Trail starting up at Mount Laguna, heading south and ending at the Boulder Oaks Campground near the I-8 freeway, hiking nineteen miles and several thousand feet down the mountain.  It was a very long day of hiking, and my feet were tired, but it was beautiful, as well.

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I did a solo section hike on the Pacific Crest Trail starting at Soledad Mountain Road near the Golden Spike, heading north, passing through picturesque Vasquez Rocks County Park, and ending at the town of Agua Dulce.  This hike was interesting in that I used an eBike to deliver myself to the beginning trailhead, and picked it up afterwards using the car, which saved me a long road walk.

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I did a solo section hike on the Pacific Crest Trail starting up at Cloudburst Summit, heading south and ending at the Burkhart Campground on Angeles Crest Highway.  This hike was interesting in that I used an eBike to deliver myself to the uphill trailhead, and picked it up afterwards using the car, which saved me a long road walk.

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I hiked solo on the Pacific Crest Trail from the Fuller Ridge Trailhead in the San Jacinto Wilderness down to Snow Creek, then across the desert, via San Gorgonio Pass, to the Whitewater Preserve near the Whitewater River.  This 28 mile stretch of trail encompassed the remaining pieces of PCT Sections B and C that I hadn’t yet hiked.  It was finally time to get this done!

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Vicki and I backpacked (mainly) on the Pacific Crest Trail from Mill Creek Summit in the Angeles National Forest to the Golden Spike in Soledad Canyon, near Acton.  Along the way we climbed Mount Gleason and visited the Station Fire Memorial.  We also checked out the “Golden Spike” monument, where the PCT was formally completed and dedicated as a National Scenic Trail back in 1993.  The weather started out hot, but a cold front came through and produced plenty of chilly damp clouds for the second half of the hike.  As always, the PCT delivered plenty of views and lots of ups and downs.

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Vicki and I backpacked on the Pacific Crest Trail from the Mojave Dam in Hesperia to Interstate 15 near Cajon Pass, visiting Silverwood Lake along the way.  We’re fairly wimpy hikers, so it took us four days to hike 29 miles!  Why did we do it?  Because this was just about the final piece of PCT Section C that we had left to hike.  The weather was a bit warm, but we had a good time, and got the 2021 hiking season off to a fun start.

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We section-hiked the Pacific Crest Trail in the Southern Sierra Nevada from Horseshow Meadows and Trail Pass to the Kennedy Meadows campground.  It took us six days and covered 42 miles of trail.

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We section-hiked the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) in the Angeles National Forest from Cloudburst Summit at mile 398 to the Mill Creek Fire Station at mile 419 over the course of three days. This hike happened during the time of the Covid-19 pandemic, and we decided to “Social Distance” ourselves as much as possible by hiking all alone in the middle of nowhere.

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