Facts

• National Scenic Trails Mailing Lists
  

  Appalachian Trail, Pacific Crest Trail, Ice Age Trail, Florida Trail, Continental Divide Trail, North Country Trail. This is traditionally the place where hikers meet, planning their thing, learning from others.

• Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail
  

  Good trail home page, by the US Forest Service. Get the GPS data here.

• Pacific Crest Trail Association - Home
  

  Home page of the PCT, with lots of information.

• Appalachian Trail, Pacific Crest Trail, Continental Divide Trail Google Map
  

  Google map with the entire trail

Reports

• "SQUEAKY"'s 2005 Triple Crown Journal
  

  Squeky attempted to conquer the Triple Crown, that is: Appalachian Trail (AT), Continental Divide Trail (CDT) and Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) in one year. Read his journal here.

• Chris Willett's Pacific Crest Trail Page
  

  Detailed account of a thru-hike in 2003, including gear list and resupply strategy. "The time I spent on the Pacific Crest Trail was the best of my short life and I hope to impart some of that joy, something of this beautiful thing, to the reader of this web page".

• Great Western Loop: General Information
  

  Andrew Skurka's enormous accomplishment to hike five major trails (the Pacific Crest Trail, Pacific Northwest Trail, Continental Divide Trail, Grand Enchantment Trail, and Arizona Trail)in one go, is something we can only dream of. He walked 6,875 miles in 208 days, including a 675-mile trail-less segment in the Sonoran and Mojave desert. We can however join him on his hike, reading his account, viewing the impressive picture account, and learn from his gear list and diet tips.

• Pacific Crest Trail 2006 - California
  

  Andrew Skurka is always helpful, even if you can't beat his pace of 38.2 miles per day, over 1,744 miles total. On this page, he tells you about his gear, nutrition, and of course there are many pictures.

• Pacific Crest Trail TrailQuest
  

  TrailQuest has a huge collection of hiking reports, articles and links on the Pacific Crest Trail.

• roy.robinson
  

  Flyin' Brain took the Appalachian Trail three times. In 2001 he finished the Big Three in one go: Appalachian Trail, Continental Divide Trail and Continental Crest Trail, the Triple Crown, 7371 miles in one year. Read the story.

• The Pacific Crest Trail - Jonathan Ley
  

  Phlumf likes snow in trees and likes walking. So he did the PCT and all his adventures and learnings are here, for you.

• Trail Journals, Backpacking and Hiking Journals
  

  Huge list of journals of people hiking the PCT.

• Trail Journals, Backpacking and Hiking Journals
  

  All trail journals from the popular www.trailjournals.com regarding the Pacific Crest Trail, PCT.

• Hamburger Wanderjung
  
  (German)

  Report and pictures of European trail E9 from polish/russian border to dutch border, also E1 Sweden, Denmark + Northern Germany, and Appalachian Trail + Pacific Crest Trail in the USA.

• Pacific Crest Trail | Travels | Francis Tapon
  

  Complete trip report of the PCT, and a gear list.

• Pacific Crest Trail, 2006
  

  "The two words I like here are motivation and determination". These are the words of someone from Europe, with the Alps and Pyrenees as his reference material. His account is very helpful if you search opinions.

• PCT 2000
  

  Marcia and Ken walked from Mexico to Canada in 2000 along the Pacific Crest Trail, along the rugged and often remote crest of the Cascade Range and Sierra Nevada.

• PCT 2007
  

  Ken and Marcia revisited the PCT in 2007 "Since the PCT was such a beautiful trail".

• Triple Crown One Year
  

  An account of hiking the Triple Crown - three toughest trails in America, The Appalachian Trail (AT), the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT), and the Continental Divide Trail (CDT) - in one year, 2002, a year with lots of snow. They made it up to 5500 miles in 9.5 months.

Guides and maps

• On The Trail - Free PCT Topo Maps
  

  Free online topo maps.

Lodging

Organisations

Tour operators

GPS

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