pacific crest trail in 1985 Today monuments also mark the northern end of the trail. But 30 years ago, there was only Monument 78 in a clear-cut swath marking the U.S.-Canadian border.

Each spring, the small mountain hamlet of Idyllwild in California sees an influx of Pacific Crest Trail hikers who make a stop in town, which is located near the 179th mile of the 2,650-mile trek.

At 2,654 miles, the Pacific Crest Trail, or PCT as it's more commonly known in the hiking community, is considered the longest designated hiking trail in the world. Stretching from Campo, CA, near ...

Hikers in July make their way along the Pacific Crest Trail near Bend, Ore., with Mount Washington in the background. The popularity of author Cheryl Strayed’s memoir ‘Wild: From Lost to Found ...

Okwelogu, 29, of Los Angeles, is one of thousands of intrepid Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) thru-hikers entering Oregon this summer, halfway through their 2,663-mile, northbound quest to walk from the ...

Loved coming back to the Pacific Crest Trail… had hiked this section in 2018 and seeing what was the same, what I remembered, what was different. Also, one of the days I hiked a 40-mile day ...