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Pacific Crest Trail hiker dies in Southern California after suffering medical emergency

The Riverside County Sheriff's Office said it responded to reports of a hiker in distress near Anza shortly before noon on ...
The Desert Sun

Parts of Pacific Crest Trail close in both ends of California as wildfires rage

Two California wildfires on opposite ends of the state have closed access to parts of the Pacific Crest Trail. As of Friday, July 12, the Shelly Fire had burned 10,225 acres (16 square miles) and was ...
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The West Coast snow map is bleeding red—and for PCT hikers, that means trouble

With snowpack in some areas measuring at as little as 4 percent of normal, hikers tackling the Pacific Crest Trail in 2026 ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

More than four months ago, they left San Diego to hike the PCT. Here’s where they are now.

On the morning of Sept. 1, 135 days after leaving San Diego County on the Pacific Crest Trail, Mike Brown hiked through a quiet pine forest and across the Canadian border. For the past four and a half ...