A hiking enthusiast managed to capture all the incredible sights down the 2,660-mile-long Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) in a three-minute collage of clips. Mac of HalfwayAnywhere set out on an amazing ...

SAN DIEGO — Rob Cook set out to conquer the Pacific Crest Trail alone, facing both mountains and Parkinson's disease. But 300 miles into his journey, he's discovered his greatest asset wasn't in his ...

Anyone planning to hike the Pacific Crest Trail — the famed 2,650-mile hiking route that stretches from Mexico to Canada and typically takes almost half a year to complete — should prepare for an ...

Paula Routly and Steve Kemp on the Pacific Crest Trail in 1979 Credit: Courtesy When I was 19, I hiked about a third of the Pacific Crest Trail, a 2,650-mile footpath that stretches from Mexico to ...

To say that long-distance hiking has blown up since Backpacker started publishing would be the mother of all understatements. In 1973, the year our first issue went out, just 8 people completed the ...

Trail magic is like stumbling onto a treasure chest in the middle of nowhere. The term generally refers to all the beautiful moments that happen on the trail — right when they’re needed. Picture this: ...

Last year, Visit Carson City announced it would give a cash prize to two lucky Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) hikers. The marketing ploy, coined the Carson City to Canada Quest, was created to bring ...