Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One of the world’s most iconic long-distance hiking trails for hiking enthusiasts is the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT). It stretches 2 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This year, 764 thru-hikers completed the survey. That’s only about 9.5% of the 8,000 long-distance permits issued on average each ...

The Pacific Crest Trail is one of the longest hiking trails in America, traversing the length of the country from Mexico to Canada over 2,650 miles. But you don't need to hike the whole thing in order ...

Natalie “Swell” Dillon, an avid backpacker who lives in Bishop in California’s Eastern Sierra, completed the 2,650-mile Pacific Crest Trail in 2022. And every year since, the occupational therapist — ...

The Pacific Crest Trail is home to hundreds of scenic, five-star day hikes, and now it’s easier than ever to access them. The nonprofit Pacific Crest Trail Association just launched Explore, a free ...

Miles to Go: The first in an ongoing series Inside Climate News fellow Bing Lin is reporting from the Pacific Crest Trail in Northern California. Over the course of a 500-mile hike, the series is ...

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 ...

The recent creation of a national defense area along the U.S.-Mexico border may affect a longstanding tradition for Pacific Crest Trail hikers starting their nearly 3,000-mile journey north in San ...

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. Natalie “Swell” Dillon, an avid ...