Trail Video – Quincy to Castle Crags
Just the trail from Quincy to Castle Crags State Park
July 7 – 21
Just the trail from Quincy to Castle Crags State Park
July 7 – 21
Background The first part of the PCT is primarily a desert starting at the Mexico border at Campo, Ca. The trail continues north for 250 miles to Big Bear Lake, where it turns directly west towards LA. About 30mi North of LA the trail again heads North, then Northeast another 300 miles to the southern…
Packing for a long walk across a range of environments, away from cell service, electricity, clean water, or shelter requires some combination of planning, purchasing, and tolerance. Anything you choose to add to your pack comes with a coat in terms of money, weight, and space. Those who prioritize minimizing weight are known as ultralight…
California Section A (Mexico Border to Warner Springs, 109.5 miles) complete! As we complete the first section of the PCT I am so excited to have now done my longest ever hiking stint of 109.5 miles (previously the longest was the Wonderland trail which circumnavigates Mt. Rainier at 93 miles). Jeremy reminded me though that…
All the mushrooms we have found during our first 40 days on the PCT Campo to Tehachapi, Ca Trail miles 1-566 May 6 – June 15 2023 Learn more about what mushrooms we found here
When researching the PCT there wasn’t much said online about the section in Oregon. Once we started getting within a couple hundred miles of the state, most of the talk was that Oregon is “flat & fast” – almost like a brief buffer between the spectacular scenery of Northern California and Washington. There’s even an…
Here are 50 of my favorite scenes from the desert section of our Pacific Crest Trail adventure (from the Mexico border to Walker Pass, roughly 650 miles). Some words that stick out from this section are: Flowering Cacti. Grape soda lupine. Evergreen trees. Manazanita. Lizards – so darn cute. Wind: either welcome relief or tent-destroying…