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…
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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…
Crater Lake National Park Long Weekend
Crater Lake National Park in Oregon is in the Cascade Mountain Range and features the deepest lake in the United States with a beautiful blue color. The 30-mile loop shown above follows the PCT for 16 miles through old growth…
Lassen Volcanic National Park Overnight – Cluster Lakes Loop
Lassen Volcanic National Park is one of California’s lesser known national parks. It is in the Cascade Mountain range and has lots of neat volcanic activity, including volcanoes, steam vents, and bubbling mud pits. The 12-mile loop above has nice…
Carson-Iceberg Wilderness Overnight – Clark Fork to Disaster Creek
This is a beautiful, but challenging, 15-mile loop in the Carson-Iceberg Wilderness in the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range. This loop utilizes some less trafficked trails to get to and from the PCT. You may see and/or hear some cows grazing…
