The Pacific Crest Trail

The Pacific Crest Trail is a 2,650 mile footpath stretching from the Mexican border to the Canadian Border. Along the journey, hikers pass through the desert of Southern California, the Sierra Nevada Mountains, and finally the Cascade Range through Northern California, Oregon and Washington. Every year, thousands of hikers, known as thru-hikers, attempt to complete the entire trail within the hiking season of April to September. The trail was thrust into the mainstream eye by Cheryl Strayed’s book Wild accounting her time on trail, which was later made into a film starring Reece Witherspoon. While the trail’s popularity has skyrocketed in part due to the film, it remains an arduous multi-month backpacking trip over rugged terrain through the western states of the U.S.