We rounded up the best status backpacking gear for thru hiking the Pacific Crest Trail. We talked to thru hikers and gear experts about the most coveted and popular items on the trail and at camp.

The PCT traces the west coast of the U.S. over almost 2,700 miles. Our expert trail columnist reveals everything you need to know about what to pack, eat, and read, plus where to sleep and how to ...

Thru-hikers on the Pacific Crest Trail spend up to five months walking from Mexico to Canada — and the imprint of climate change is now felt along the entire route.

Today the southern terminus of the Pacific Crest Trail is marked by a monument and border barrier fence. Thirty years ago, only makeshift signs and and remains from an old cattle inspection ...

The Pacific Crest Trail does not track hikers. Scott Wilkinson, marketing and communications director for the Pacific Crest Trail Association, explained that while many hikers sign log books along ...

A sign warns of dangers along the Pacific Crest Trail. Dreamstime The only definitive cure for desert hiking is to stop doing it.

To “thru-hikers,” the people who plan to hike the entire length of the Pacific Crest Trail in a straight shot, Lon Cooper is a hero and his Halfmile app a godsend. “He led me by the hand.

Though the vast majority of Pacific Crest Trail hikers go south-to-north, a few start from the Canadian border and work their way south.

After all the mountains and meadows, the most scenic section of the 460 miles of the Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail in Oregon just may be where it crosses the Columbia River on the Bridge of ...

For avid hikers and backpackers, the 2,650-mile Pacific Crest is the holy grail of trails. It runs through California, Oregon and Washington, from the Mexican to the Canadian borders.