This section of trail took us into the snow-covered Cascade Mountains, including North Cascades National Park. When there is a break in the rain and clouds, the mountains are beyond beautiful. We walked through Nuwhaha, Nooksack, Skagit, Coast Salish, and…
These three days took us closer to the Cascade Mountains, and the PNW threw some obstacles at us. We walked through Nuwhaha, Nooksack, Skagit, and Coast Salish ancestral lands. Day 21 – PNT Mile 379.9 – Rain We woke up…
This stretch of trail brought us farther away from the ocean and closer to the Cascades. Exciting! We climbed and descended several 3,000-4,000 foot “hills”, but we’re not quite back in the mountains yet. We walked through Nuwhaha, Nooksack, Skagit,…
These three days had us walking through the Puget Sound. It was not very remote (which made camping challenging) and included a lot of road walking, but we had beautiful views of the ocean and mountains all around us! We…
This was an exciting and fun stretch of trail!We rejoined the official PNT, had some visitors meet us along the trail, rode in a ferry, and returned to our favorite activity on the PNC so far — beach walking! We…
These three days had us walking a low elevation alternate on the foothills around the snowy Olympic Mountains. We walked through S’Klallam and Coast Salish ancestral lands. Day 9 – Alternate Mile 43.9 – Bike trail walking We continued east…
This stretch of trail took us through the rainforest, then high into the snow-covered Olympic Mountains, and then down out of the mountains to lower (and safer) elevation. We walked through S’Klallam and Coast Salish ancestral lands. Day 6 –…
These three days took us from the ocean to the rainforest! The PNT is a relatively new national scenic trail, as compared to the PCT or even CDT. We had some gravel road walking, as it is not fully built…
And we’re off on the Pacific Northwest Circuit! This route will bring us approximately 2,700 miles from the Pacific Ocean, to the Rocky Mountains, to the source of the Columbia River, and then we’ll hop in our homemade canoe and…
We have minimized gear and are using lightweight equipment for our 2022 PNC thruhike and thrucanoe. We both have base weights of a little over 10 lbs, which includes snow equipment for adverse conditions.
We compiled everything we’ve learned from thousands of miles of hiking into this guide and recipe book! We hope you enjoy it!
-Renee and Tim
