In April of 2025, Alex and Amy will be attempting to hike the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT). The trail is 2,650 miles in length and extends from the Mexican border all the way to the Canadian border. We will begin our hike in the mountainous desert of southern California. Hundreds of miles north, the trail enters the Sierra Nevada mountain range, crossing several National Parks, as well as the highest peak in the contiguous U.S., Mt. Whitney. Nearly 1,700 miles of the PCT are in California, while the remaining 1,000 or so are split between Oregon and Washington. The trail concludes within the beautiful and rugged North Cascades of Washington.
I like to journal nightly while on trail and will document our hike through a series of blog posts with photos. These take some time to compile, so I typically wait for a slow day in town to make a post once every week or two. Similarly, the map below tracking our location is not live, but I will update the pin every so often as we progress north.
We made stops for Starbucks, bathroom breaks, and Chipotle. The total driving time was about 4 and a half hours. At Kennedy Meadows, we made … Read more
We have been making frequent crossings of Highway 2 within the Angeles National Forest. The upside has been a pit toilet at nearly every parking … Read more
After cleaning out our backpacks and back-flushing our water filters, we chatted a bit longer with some of the friendly hiking folks, then left to … Read more
Spout and I consumed some caffeine that wired us into hiking machines. We cleared the morning mileage efficiently, stopping for a breather and a snack … Read more
