The Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) is a roughly 2,650-mile long hiking trail that runs from the Mexican border to the Canadian border along the western crest of the United States, traversing through California, Oregon, and Washington. I’ve dreamt of the PCT since I was 18 on the Appalachian Trail. I fell in love with hiking and the lifestyle and dreamt of thru hiking the Appalachian Trail’s West Coast sister. A college degree, a few broken bones and nearly a decade later I am finally going to tackle this behemoth of a trail! Check out my blog posts below to follow along with the journey.
- Miles 110-152 Days 9-13
Start: 110 End: 127 Total: 17 Nick and I had a slice of pie for breakfast before heading out on our sunrise hike. We started through a meadow where many cows blocked our path. I was a bit afraid of the cows but Nick bravely ushered them out of our way. We strolled along the … - Miles 77.4-110 Days 7&8
Day 7 Start: 77.4 End 94.4 Total 17.1 Nick and I awoke in the morning, had breakfast and coffee then headed out on trail. He hiked up with me for a couple hours before turning around to go to work. It was a steady climb of switchbacks up away from the road. Shortly after he … - Miles 54-77 Days 5&6
Day 5 Start 54 End 77 Total 22 I awoke to frost covering my sleeping bag and the tent I had laid out to dry. It was still so cold so I stayed in my sleeping bag for a while while I did my daily meditation and looked at the maps for the day. I … - Miles 20-54 Days 3&4
Day 3 Start: 20 End: 36.1 total: 16.1 I awoke around 6:15 and started quietly packing my belongings trying not to wake the others. The forecast was calling for snow, then rain, starting around 2. I had a big climb up Mt. Laguna, going up a couple thousand or so feet in elevation, where the … - Miles 0-20 Day 1&2
Start:0 End:11.3 Total: 11.3 Jeff took me to the trailhead around 11 , we snapped a few pictures and I was off! There was another couple taking their photo with the monument before me and a man that same after. Pretty smooth walking to start, cloudy with some sprinkles but nothing bad enough for me … - PCT Prologue
I’m sitting at my friends Sara’s parents house about 20 minutes east of San Diego. I arrived in SD Saturday night and spent the first couple nights catching up with Sara, my old college Roomate and seeing some sights around San Diego. In college, Sara’s parents came to visit and offered to host me and … - Pacific Crest Trail Gear List
Below is the gear I will be taking with me on my 2600 mile trek from Mexico to Canada! Some of it, like my backpack, tent, trekking poles, crocs are still viable from the AT. Some things I was able to get from my old wilderness therapy gig, like rain pants(way too large), a head … - PCT 2025 Proposed Resupply
This is a tentative list on where I plan to resupply and where I am choosing to send boxes. All things subject to change, stay tuned for the actual version after all is said and done 🙂** = sending resupply box Julian (mile 77)Distance off Trail: 12 milesResupply options: Jack’s Grocery, Julian Market & DeliNext …