A hiker creating shelter from the sun during one long, long walk. Photo: Kodi Frost Editor’s Note: This feature is sponsored by our partners at Arrowhead Water. Plenty of people dream of escaping into ...

SEATTLE — The Pacific Crest Trail is a 2,650-mile trek from the Canadian border down to the California-Mexico border. "The PCT has roughly 500,000 feet of climbing, which is roughly climbing Mt.

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 ...

One of the world’s most iconic long-distance hiking trails for hiking enthusiasts is the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT). It ...

On the morning of Sept. 1, 135 days after leaving San Diego County on the Pacific Crest Trail, Mike Brown hiked through a quiet pine forest and across the Canadian border. For the past four and a half ...

What really happens to you when you spend months trekking the Pacific Crest Trail? Getting tired and filthy is just the start of it. We talked to dozens of PCT thru-hikers during their resupply in ...

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 ...

When Bob Welch first learned about the Pacific Crest Trail in 1999, he knew he wanted to complete it. What he didn’t know? It would take him 11 years and he’d be in his sixties by the time he finished ...