The Pacific Crest Trail is home to hundreds of scenic, five-star day hikes, and now it’s easier than ever to access them. The nonprofit Pacific Crest Trail Association just launched Explore, a free ...

One hundred years after the US designated the world's first wilderness area, an epic hike offers adventure seekers the chance to experience a slice of the nation's wild side. On 3 June 1924, more than ...

Thru-hikers on the 2,650-mile Pacific Crest Trail have long relied on the kindness of strangers to get them through difficult stretches. Trail angels fill water caches, open their doors to smelly ...

Thousands of hikers attempting the Pacific Crest Trail each summer rely on remote towns for resources or respite — and no other community in California has earned a better reputation amongst these ...

One of the longest hikes in America, the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) winds through the wilderness from Mexico to Canada, with rugged sections in California among the most difficult of any along the ...

The 2024 Pacific Crest Trail hiker survey is out, and its data will interest long-distance backpackers. Halfway Anywhere, a blog run by long-distance athlete Tyler Fox, compiles the annual survey (now ...

Stay on top of what’s happening in the Bay Area with essential Bay Area news stories, sent to your inbox every weekday. The Bay Bay Area-raised host Ericka Cruz Guevarra brings you context and ...

On a sub-zero November morning, following a month spent slogging 600 miles along wet, snowy stretches of the Pacific Crest Trail in Washington and Oregon, Shawn Forry and Justin Lichter awoke to find ...