PCT Day 5: Mile 64.5 to 81.6
May 7th, 2018 We stayed up too late updating Facebook, Strava, and Instagram, so we had a slow start. Still, we were hiking at 5:30 and knocked off 12 miles by 12 noon, which has become our typical goal. Then,…
Tag backpacking
PCT Day 4: Mile 45.3 to 64.5
May 6th, 2018 Today was another awesome day on the trail. We started hiking at dawn and then rested in the shade for awhile mid-day to avoid the desert heat. We had amazing desert and mountain views with tons of…
PCT Day 3: Mile 30 to 45.3
May 5th, 2018 We got an earlier start today–just after sunrise. It was all uphill into the town of Mt. Laguna (~6,000 feet) for our first resupply. After that, we camped on an amazing ledge thousands of feet above the…
PCT Day 2: Mile 15.4 to 30
May 4th, 2018 Hung up the bikes this summer in attempt to thru hike the Pacific Crest Trail. Day 2 was great! Hotter and more climbing than day 1. We saw another rattle snake. We camped near a river and…
PCT Day 1: Mile 0 to 15.4
May 3rd, 2018 First day on the trail. We got a ride from San Diego to the start from a ranger who works at Lake Morena Campground for $20 each. We should make it through Lake Morena tomorrow, and he…
Feathered Friends Egret Nano 20°F Women’s Sleeping Bag Review
Renee used a Feathered Friends Egret Nano 20°F Women’s Sleeping Bag on our Pacific Crest Trail thruhike in 2018. It has been updated and is now the Egret YF. The men’s equivalent 20°F Sleeping Bags are the Hummingbird YF (narrow),…
PCT Gear
When in doubt, leave it out… Nearly everybody who sets out to thru-hike the Pacific Crest Trail puts a lot of thought into the gear that they’ll rely on. We were no different. Below is a list of the gear…
PCT 2018 Resupply Strategy
There are many different approaches to resupply on the PCT. We eat a vegan diet and love to cook, so we decided to buy/prepare all of our food ahead of time and have family/friends mail it to us from the…
Trinity Alps Wilderness Long Weekend Out & Back
The PCT travels through the Trinity Alps Wilderness in Northern California. This 28-mile out-and-back is not on the PCT, but it is a great option early season when the PCT is covered in snow. It starts at Stuart Fork Trailhead…
Modified John Muir Trail (JMT)
The red line is the route we walked in 2015. The orange lines show alternate wilderness entry/resupply points. Interested in doing the John Muir Trail (JMT), but the permits are sold out? That happened to us, so we just moved…
