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The Pacific Crest Trail is a roughly 2650-mile hiking and equestrian trail from that traverses California, Oregon, and Washington from Mexico to Canada. The Pacific Crest Trail Association manages the trail.

In 2018, I thru-hiked the Pacific Crest Trail from March 23 through September 20.

Pacific Crest Trail, 2018

Why the Pacific Crest Trail? (10/29/2017 9:14 pm)
Selecting a Start Date (11/26/2017 7:54 pm)
The New Gear Starts Off Small (12/5/2017 9:21 pm)
The Planning Proceeds (1/1/2018 8:15 pm)
Paperwork, Fires, and Transportation (1/18/2018 10:59 pm)
Three Weeks to Go! (3/1/2018 12:41 am)
Eleven Days To Go (3/10/2018 7:48 pm)
One Week and Counting... (3/14/2018 9:40 pm)
Gear on the Pacific Crest Trail (3/18/2018 6:28 pm)
Pacific Crest Trail Gear Changes (3/18/2018 6:33 pm)
Almost Time To Go (3/18/2018 11:33 pm)
California, Here I Am. Let’s Do This! (3/19/2018 10:20 pm)
A Lazy Day Before the Hike (3/20/2018 10:23 pm)
Southern Terminus of the Pacific Crest Trail (3/21/2018 9:05 am)
Day 1: A Trail of Lizards (3/21/2018 7:34 pm)
Day 2: And Then There Was Rain (3/22/2018 8:12 pm)
Day 3: Pokes and Scrapes and Stings (3/23/2018 7:01 pm)
Day 4: No, I Would Not Like a Tent Popsicle (3/24/2018 8:28 pm)
Day 5: Windswept (3/25/2018 4:43 pm)
Day 6: Like Walking Through a Painting (3/26/2018 8:43 pm)
Day 7: Who Ordered the Air Force Flyby? (3/27/2018 9:51 pm)
Day 8: What a Difference a Day Makes (3/28/2018 10:29 pm)
Day 9: A Lazy Day in Warner Springs (3/29/2018 8:15 pm)
Day 10: Ups and Downs (3/30/2018 10:12 pm)
Day 11: Slippery Slopes to Water (3/31/2018 8:59 pm)
Day 12: Easter at Muir Wood/s (4/1/2018 8:20 pm)
Day 13: Fire and Dust (4/2/2018 4:25 am)
Day 14: The Mountain Fire Alternate (4/3/2018 4:29 pm)
Day 15: “Is that as much fun as it looks?” (4/4/2018 6:18 pm)
Day 16: Idle, But Not Wild (4/5/2018 9:58 pm)
Day 17: Devils Slide, Tahquitz Peak, and South Ridge (4/6/2018 8:42 pm)
Day 18: Uphill into the Clouds (4/7/2018 6:04 pm)
Day 19: Descent (4/8/2018 9:24 pm)
Day 20: Wind Farm and Whitewater (4/9/2018 8:37 pm)
Day 21: A Single Snake Eye Staring Into Your Soul (4/10/2018 9:17 pm)
Day 22: Tuna is not Butterfly Food (4/11/2018 9:39 pm)
Day 23: Ten Percent (4/12/2018 8:21 pm)
Day 24: The Three R’s In Big Bear Lake (4/13/2018 8:18 pm)
Day 25: The Trail Turns West (4/14/2018 8:43 pm)
Day 26: The Early Hiker Gets The Rocks (4/15/2018 8:53 pm)
Day 27: “If You Love Your Brain, Don’t Put It Underwater” (4/16/2018 9:20 pm)
Day 28: Bloaty Pizza Hog (4/17/2018 8:25 pm)
Day 29: Happy Mountain Hippy (4/18/2018 8:38 pm)
Day 30: No, Tent, You Are Still Not Allowed to Fly Away (4/19/2018 8:37 pm)
Day 31: One Month Down, And Still A Long Way To Go (4/20/2018 8:52 pm)
Day 32: Least Favorite Activity (4/21/2018 9:29 pm)
Day 33: All Outta Uphill (4/22/2018 9:22 pm)
Day 34: “Poking At It Isn’t Going To Help” (4/23/2018 10:10 pm)
Day 35: Not Happy Feet (4/24/2018 7:38 pm)
Day 36: Feet On Fire (4/25/2018 10:45 pm)
Day 37: Infinity Hike (4/26/2018 8:30 pm)
Day 38: It’s Hard To Be Efficient When You’re Talking To People (4/27/2018 8:48 pm)
Day 39: Hippie Daycare (4/28/2018 9:04 pm)
Day 40: Walking Along Desert’s Door (4/29/2018 9:56 pm)
Day 41: Silence in the Forest (4/30/2018 7:04 pm)
Day 42: Zig-zag (5/1/2018 9:51 pm)
Day 43: Over the River and Through the Woods (5/2/2018 8:23 pm)
Day 44: A Wild Windfarm Appears (5/3/2018 9:12 pm)
Day 45: The Wind Farm, It Keeps Getting Bigger! (5/4/2018 10:03 pm)
Day 46: Cinco de Zero (5/5/2018 9:29 pm)
Day 47: Into the Sierra Nevada (5/6/2018 8:23 pm)
Day 48: Is a Cow Pasture With No Cows Still a Cow Pasture? (5/7/2018 9:09 pm)
Day 49: Double Halo (5/8/2018 9:06 pm)
Day 50: The Dwindling Desert (5/9/2018 8:06 pm)
Day 51: 3 Dogs 1 Stick (5/10/2018 11:41 pm)
Day 52: Zero at the Trailhead (5/11/2018 9:58 pm)
Day 53: One Quarter (5/12/2018 8:34 pm)
Day 54: Last Night in the Desert (5/13/2018 9:28 pm)
Day 55: Out of the Desert (5/14/2018 8:23 pm)
Day 56: A Not Grumpy Day At Grumpy’s (5/15/2018 11:08 pm)
Day 57: Into the High Sierra (5/16/2018 9:12 pm)
Day 58: Day of Views (5/17/2018 9:34 pm)
Day 59: Further Into the High Sierra (5/18/2018 7:29 pm)
Day 60: All Hail the Glow Cloud (5/19/2018 5:51 pm)
Day 61: Knocking on Whitney’s Door (5/20/2018 8:37 pm)
Day 62: A Snowy Whitney Adventure (5/21/2018 8:49 pm)
Day 63: Weather 2, Whitney Summit 0 (5/22/2018 9:47 pm)
Day 64: “The Postholing Stopped Being Funny After I Hit My Nuts” (5/23/2018 8:37 pm)
Day 65: Through Forester and Snow (5/24/2018 10:57 pm)
Day 66: A Temporary Reprieve from the Mountains (5/25/2018 7:49 pm)
Day 67: Bishop Mule Days (5/26/2018 8:13 pm)
Day 68: A Lazy Double-Zero In Bishop (5/27/2018 11:19 pm)
Day 69: Wait, Why Are We Still In Bishop? (5/28/2018 10:45 pm)
Day 70: A Short Hike To Flower Lake (5/29/2018 10:30 pm)
Day 71: A Tired Hike Over Glen Pass (5/30/2018 8:05 pm)
Day 72: Can’t Turn Back From Pinchot Pass (5/31/2018 10:31 pm)
Day 73: The Very Long Hike Over Mather Pass (6/1/2018 10:06 pm)
Day 74: On The Way to Muir Pass (6/2/2018 8:32 pm)
Day 75: The Long and Snowy Muir Pass (6/3/2018 8:37 pm)
Day 76: Selden Pass Approach (6/4/2018 7:48 pm)
Day 77: Selden Pass (6/5/2018 8:02 pm)
Day 78: Silver Pass Demands Blood (6/6/2018 11:59 pm)
Day 79: Cheeseburger Bird (6/7/2018 11:12 pm)
Day 80: A Busy Day of Chores in Mammoth Lakes (6/8/2018 9:39 pm)
Day 81: Relaxing in Mammoth Lakes (6/9/2018 9:18 pm)
Day 82: Devils Mosquitopile (6/10/2018 9:13 pm)
Day 83: A Thousand Islands, But One Pass (6/11/2018 6:54 pm)
Day 84: Donohue Pass and Tuolumne Meadows (6/12/2018 8:15 pm)
Day 85: Wet Feet and Lots of Mosquitoes (6/13/2018 9:46 pm)
Day 86: Benson Pass (6/14/2018 8:42 pm)
Day 87: Seavey Pass (6/15/2018 9:29 pm)
I’m Dreaming Of No Bear Can (6/16/2018 11:39 am)
Day 88: Dorothy Lake Pass and Goodbye to Yosemite (6/16/2018 8:15 pm)
Day 89: Sonora Pass and the Last Day With The Bear Can (6/17/2018 9:03 pm)
Day 90: Too Much Meat? I Don’t Think That’s Possible. (6/18/2018 8:06 pm)
Day 91: Ups, Downs, and Another Day in the Mountains (6/19/2018 8:44 pm)
Day 92: “Don’t Worry, He’s Friendly” (6/20/2018 8:48 pm)
Day 93: Hike (Not So) Naked Day (6/21/2018 6:38 pm)
Day 94: Let’s Not Take the Scooter Along the Highway Again (6/22/2018 10:48 am)
Day 95: Zero in South Lake Tahoe (6/23/2018 11:26 pm)
Day 96: Is There An Echo (Lake) Here? (6/24/2018 7:22 pm)
Day 97: Do You Like Pollen As Much As Those Trees Do? (6/25/2018 8:14 pm)
Day 98: Lake Tahoe is Beautiful (6/26/2018 7:08 pm)
Day 99: Trucking Through Truckee (6/27/2018 8:47 pm)
Day 100: In The Game Of Birds, There Are No Winners (6/28/2018 7:38 pm)
Day 101: I Like Big Cheeseburgers, And I Can Not Lie (6/29/2018 9:24 pm)
Day 102: Old Trails Still Need Love (6/30/2018 7:14 pm)
Day 103: The Longest Day (7/1/2018 11:29 pm)
Day 104: When The Trail Offers You A Teepee, Say Yes (7/2/2018 11:15 pm)
Day 105: An Unexpected Zero In Quincy (7/3/2018 8:39 pm)
Day 106: Who Needs Fireworks When You Have The Trail’s Scenery? (7/4/2018 9:45 pm)
Day 107: Goodbye Sierra, Hello Cascades (7/5/2018 7:09 pm)
Day 108: Halfway to Canada (7/6/2018 9:00 pm)
Day 109: Melting at the Trailhead (7/7/2018 5:55 pm)
Day 110: Finally, Something On The Trail Smells Worse Than Me (7/8/2018 9:55 pm)
Day 111: Yes, I Would Like to Stay in the Treehouse (7/9/2018 11:17 pm)
Day 112: Second Dessert Is Awesome. Second Desert Not So Much. (7/10/2018 11:01 pm)
Day 113: Don’t Get Eaten by a Mountain Lion (7/11/2018 6:10 pm)
Day 114: Pool Day at Burney Mountain Guest Ranch (7/12/2018 9:28 pm)
Day 115: Burney Falls, Even When The Creek Is Dry (7/13/2018 5:23 pm)
Day 116: I Do Not Like This Heat Wave One Bit (7/14/2018 7:27 pm)
Day 117: “That privy has a distinctive odor.” (7/15/2018 4:48 pm)
Day 118: Melting in the Heat (7/16/2018 7:32 pm)
Day 119: Having a Town and Mountain With the Same Name is not Confusing at All (7/17/2018 9:58 pm)
Day 120: Melting My Way Up The Trail (7/18/2018 8:06 pm)
Day 121: Climbing Mountains is an Inefficient Way to Cool Down, But It Works (7/19/2018 6:59 pm)
Day 122: The Road North Leads ... Southwest? (7/20/2018 8:10 pm)
Day 123: A Little Smoke Goes A Long Way (7/21/2018 7:52 pm)
Day 124: If You Love Your Equipment, Don’t Set It Free And Make Others Bring It Back To You (7/22/2018 10:02 pm)
Day 125: The Amount of Shade is Inversely Proportional to the Size of the Burn Area (7/23/2018 7:41 pm)
Day 126: Hot and Dry; Cold and Wet (7/24/2018 6:19 pm)
Day 127: Downhill to Seiad Valley (7/25/2018 10:14 pm)
Day 128: The Last Full Day in California (7/26/2018 8:30 pm)
Day 129: Goodbye California, Hello Oregon! (7/27/2018 6:53 pm)
Day 130: In The Midst Of Fires, Will Ashland Live Up To It’s Name? (7/28/2018 10:40 pm)
Day 131: Zero in Ashland (7/29/2018 11:54 pm)
Day 132: Smoke-Filled Views Are No Fun (7/30/2018 9:41 pm)
Day 133: Walking through a Green Corridor (7/31/2018 7:43 pm)
Day 134: Not Quite Thirty Miles Is Still A Lot Of Miles (8/1/2018 7:57 pm)
Day 135: A Marathon A Day Keeps The Doctor Away? (8/2/2018 8:30 pm)
Day 136: Crater Lake Gift-Wrapped In Smoke (8/3/2018 8:25 pm)
Day 137: Oregon Shows Its Beauty (8/4/2018 6:34 pm)
Day 138: Chipmunks: Good for Entertainment, Bad for Tents (8/5/2018 7:40 pm)
Day 139: If It’s Not Safe To Touch, Why Is It Safe To Fish? (8/6/2018 8:00 pm)
Day 140: When Oregon Lacks Views, It Makes Up With Lakes (8/7/2018 10:09 pm)
Day 141: Lakes, Ponds, and Muddy Pits (8/8/2018 8:11 pm)
Day 142: Approaching the Three Sisters (8/9/2018 6:54 pm)
Day 143: Lava Rock: The Bane of Boots Everywhere (8/10/2018 8:39 pm)
Day 144: Goodbye Lava Rock, I Won’t Miss You At All (8/11/2018 8:11 pm)
Day 145: Three Fingered Jack Gives The Finger To The Fires (8/12/2018 7:30 pm)
Day 146: Drowning The Dead Horse Around Mount Jefferson (8/13/2018 7:09 pm)
Day 147: Green Tunnels Aren’t Always Bad (8/14/2018 8:10 pm)
Day 148: Taking a Shining to Timberline Lodge (8/15/2018 5:04 pm)
Day 149: Zig-zagging Along Mount Hood’s Treeline (8/16/2018 6:29 pm)
Day 150: I Can See Washington From Here (8/17/2018 7:26 pm)
Day 151: The Lowest Point On The Trail (8/18/2018 6:38 pm)
Day 152: Zero in Cascade Locks (8/19/2018 9:44 pm)
Day 153: Double-Zero in Cascade Locks (8/20/2018 8:36 pm)
Day 154: One Last State To Go (8/21/2018 6:37 pm)
Day 155: Signs Of Fire (8/22/2018 7:26 pm)
Day 156: Land Of Many Lakes (8/23/2018 8:54 pm)
Day 157: A Foggy, Dreary Day to Trout Lake (8/24/2018 7:31 pm)
Day 158: Mountains, Clouds, Creeks, and Waterfalls (8/25/2018 5:45 pm)
Day 159: A Soggy Romp Through The Forest (8/26/2018 8:12 pm)
Day 160: Across the Knife’s Edge (8/27/2018 8:29 pm)
Day 161: A Detour to Views (8/28/2018 9:03 pm)
Day 162: A Steep Detour Back to the Trail (8/29/2018 5:45 pm)
Day 163: A Wet Entrance to Rainier National Park (8/30/2018 8:08 pm)
Day 164: The Clouds Flow Through Mountain Valleys (8/31/2018 5:52 pm)
Day 165: An Unexpected Tent Guest (9/1/2018 5:31 pm)
Day 166: Zig-zagging Our Way North (9/2/2018 6:43 pm)
Day 167: Towards the Last Resupply (9/3/2018 8:44 pm)
Day 168: One Last Zero in Auburn (9/4/2018 10:20 pm)
Day 169: Across Katwalks, Around Lakes, and Aside Ridges (9/5/2018 6:53 pm)
Day 170: A Spectacle of Views (9/6/2018 7:06 pm)
Day 171: A Deceptively Nice Day (9/7/2018 8:08 pm)
Day 172: Red Key, Red Door (9/8/2018 8:18 pm)
Day 173: Why Stick To One Naming Theme When Three Will Work? (9/9/2018 7:51 pm)
Day 174: The Washington Rains Continue (9/10/2018 7:18 pm)
Day 175: The First Glimpse of Winter (9/11/2018 6:56 pm)
Day 176: More Marmots Than Hikers (9/12/2018 9:10 pm)
Day 177: A Rainy Washington Marathon (9/13/2018 10:09 pm)
Day 178: The Final Resupply (9/14/2018 8:54 pm)
Day 179: A Wild Bear Appears (9/15/2018 5:06 pm)
Day 180: Rainy Day to Rainy Pass (9/16/2018 8:16 pm)
Day 181: Saving the Best for (Almost) Last (9/17/2018 8:27 pm)
Day 182: The Last Road (9/18/2018 6:54 pm)
Day 183: “Bridge Under Construction. Not Open For Use.” (9/19/2018 8:34 pm)
Day 184: All Good Hikes Must Come To An End (9/20/2018 9:01 pm)
The Mountains Were Calling, And I Was There (3/18/2019 11:10 pm)
Weather on the PCT: Nice Until It’s Not (3/21/2019 8:43 pm)
What to Wear on the PCT (3/25/2019 6:06 pm)
Thru-Hike Numbers and Statistics (3/28/2019 2:53 pm)
Reflections on Pacific Crest Trail Gear (3/26/2020 8:46 pm)

Tahoe Rim Trail, 2021

Day 11: Welcome Back to the Pacific Crest Trail (7/1/2021 10:04 pm)
Day 12: Aloha, Desolation (7/2/2021 9:12 pm)
Day 13: Even in Desolation There is Life and Beauty (7/3/2021 8:30 pm)
Day 14: Humid is Not a Word I Thought Would Describe California (7/4/2021 9:02 pm)