The Pacific Crest Trail is a 2,653-mile trail that traverses the United States, from the Mexican border in California to the Canadian border in Washington State. It includes some of the most iconic ...

The sun rose in a palette of blue and pink over the rugged, rolling terrain of eastern San Diego County as Cowboy Dave navigated his Hyundai Santa Fe onto a dirt road a quarter-mile from the ...

When northbound Pacific Crest Trail hikers emerge from Crowder Canyon in the Cajon Pass, they’ve already traveled 342 miles from the starting point at the U.S./Mexico border, and they’ve trekked 76 ...

This is the last thing anyone knows for absolute certain about David O’Sullivan: On the morning of April 7, 2017, the 25-year-old from Ireland checked out of a motel in the snowy mountain town of ...

Natalie “Swell” Dillon, an avid backpacker who lives in Bishop in California’s Eastern Sierra, completed the 2,650-mile Pacific Crest Trail in 2022. And every year since, the occupational therapist — ...

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 wilderness is full of surprise critters of all shapes and sizes — and last summer, hikers along the Washington Pacific Crest Trail discovered something they were not expecting as they communed ...