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…
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…
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…
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 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 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…
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…