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Pacific Crest Trail
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Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail
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Pacific Crest Trail
has 2 synonyms ↓
Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail
the Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail
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hiking trail

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a long-distance mountain hiking and equestrian trail that runs from the United States border with Mexico to its border with Canada and follows the highest portion of the Sierra Nevada and Cascade Range which parallel the Pacific Ocean by 100 to 150 m

Portland, Oregon's 40 Mile Loop proposes to extend the Springwater Corridor hiking and bicycling spur trail to connect to the Pacific Crest Trail

2,650 miles (4,240 km) long and ranges in elevation from just above sea level at the Oregon-Washington border to 13,153 feet (4,009 m) at Forester Pass in the Sierra Nevada

designated a National Scenic Trail in 1968, although it was not officially completed until 1993

the Appalachian Trail, and the Continental Divide Trail form the Triple Crown of long distance hiking in the United States

Hiker Heaven in Agua Dulce

Mailing list for prospective thru-hikers

The PCT was conceived by Clinton C. Clarke in 1932

Mount Hood Wilderness

Glacier Peak Wilderness

Kings Canyon National Park

PCT Elevation Profiles

Castle Crags Wilderness

PCT Trail Journals

Pacific Crest Trail guides

PCT Snow Page

Bridge of the Gods

Vasquez Rocks

Lassen Volcanic National Park

OnTheTrail

Ansel Adams Wilderness

Google Map of PCT

PCT trail overview from Forest Service brochure (click to enlarge)

Pacific Crest Trail Association

John Muir Wilderness

Crater Lake National Park

The route is mostly through National Forest and—where possible—protected Wilderness

Each year, about 300 people, commonly called thru-hikers, attempt to hike the entire trail from end-to-end