PCT recommended section
Craig's PCT Planner: Adjust
resupplies/settings<http://www.pctplanner.com/plan.php>
Team Creason: Pacific Crest Trail Gear List
Alex's 2009 Pacific Crest Trail Gear
Pacific Crest Trail Border To Border
pacific crest trail, resupply,
Pacific Crest Trail Association -
PCTA Long Distance Permit
The Books | Pacific Crest Trail <http://pct.wildernesspress.com/the-books/>
Pacific Crest Trail Association - Trip
Youandhim - Pacific Crest Trail Journal -
Erin/Wired's 2011 PCT Thru Hike Journal<http://erinspctjournal.blogspot.com/>
Pacific Crest Trail Border To Border
pacific crest trail, thru hike, planning <http://www.planyourhike.com/>
Beginning your PCT thru-hike
A Quick and Dirty Guide to The Pacific Crest Trail |
Practical Backpacking™ Podcast: PBP Episode 23 - PCT Thru-Hike
Yogi's Guides <http://www.pcthandbook.com/product.php?productListId=1>
PCT Links <http://pct77.org/adz/pct_links.htm>
The "Walk" series - Home <http://www.walkpct.com/>
Water Reports from the PCT <http://www.4jeffrey.net/pct/>
Pacific Crest Trail - Home <http://www.fs.usda.gov/pct>
Pacific Crest National Scenic
General Backpacking Stuff:
[at-l] Calories per ounce<http://www.backcountry.net/arch/at/9909/msg00100.html>
9 Pound - Full Comfort - Lightweight Backpacking Gear
Overview | Bears <http://sierrawild.gov/bears/>
Food Storage Map | Bears <http://sierrawild.gov/bears/food-storage-map>
Hiking H.Q. <http://hikinghq.net/>
Hiking, Trekking and Backpacking Training and
Conditioning<http://www.bodyresults.com/hiking-training.asp>
Giardia Lamblia and Giardiasis with Particular Attention to the Sierra
Nevada by Robert L. Rockwell, PhD<http://pweb.jps.net/~prichins/giardia.htm>
Trekking food <http://www.aktrekking.com/food.html>
How to ice-axe self arrest - YouTube<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LM3xLshmNnk>
hike pct with dog - Google
[pct-l] Hiking the trail with your
Adventure Alan's Ultralight and Lightweight
Backpacking<http://www.adventurealan.com/index.html>
Adventure Alan's Ultralight Backpacking: Backpacking
water reports are found at:Pacific Crest Trail Water
Cleveland National Forest
Contact the office in Alpine for a permit.
<http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/cleveland/contact/>I wouldn't say you can camp
'anywhere', but there are plenty of places you can camp. Trailside
wilderness camping is not permitted in the Laguna Mountain Recreational
Area. Bring a copy of Halfmile's maps to help find suitable campsites and
to know where to avoid camping.
If you're going now, it can be quite hot and even dry which will cause many
water resources to dry up soon, but there are several very reliable water
resources. Bring a copy of Asabat's PCT water report instead of gambling
with your water situation. It can also be cold, so make sure you bring a
suitable sleeping bag. Take care of your feet. You need them to get you
down the trail. You don't have to finish your hike with your feet covered
in blisters, or any at all. You might consider taking a zero or nero day at
Cibbets Flat Campground to cool off and rehydrate. A 1/4 mile trail leads
from there to a couple nice wading ponds along Kitchen Creek.
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Section hike from Warner Springs to Cabazon
Hope this helps ...
Bus service to/from Rte S2/S22, just south of Warner Springs, Thursdays only:
http://www.sdmts.com/mtscr/Route.aspx?r=892
Bus service to/from Scissors Crossing, Fridays only:
http://www.sdmts.com/mtscr/Route.aspx?r=891
Bus service to/from Cabazon/Banning, connect to Riverside Transit in Banning:
http://www.ci.banning.ca.us/index.aspx?NID=351
http://www.riversidetransit.com/downloads/routes_pdf/210.pdf
Taxi: AA Inland Empire Taxi
http://www.merchantcircle.com/business/AA.Inland.Empire.Taxi.909-405-0505/map
Seeing a lot of questions on the forum, and justly so. May I suggest, as I have before, buying Yogi's PCT Handbook/Town Guide. The pair of books will efficiently and conveniently answer all of your questions at a price of $40...then you can actually take the books/corresponding pages with you on the trip. Most know this, but I didn't before I found out about them. The forum is great for up to the minute info, but Yogi really does answer all the questions. It saves you time and energy in so many ways. It's not just her opinion; rather, she has summoned the opinions of at least 20 thru-hikers and the book was updated for the 2010 season. BUY IT. I can't imagine a reason not to.
gmushial@gmdr.com
W/re Sections PQR - transport is pretty easy: one can fly to SFO and then train or bus to Redding, or Dunsmuir. If you end up in Redding, I can drive the two of you up to the beginning of P - it's about 50 miles up the road from here. If you go to Dunsmuir it's only a 3 mile walk form the train station to the trailhead. [you can also fly directly to Redding (airport code RDD) from SFO, but there are only 3 flights per day... so making the connection might be more trouble than it's worth]
As far as resupply: at the end of P generally one has to either have someone meet you there, or one can hitchhike 6 miles into town - sometimes the hitch is easy, other times people spend 3 hrs. You might check Yogi's book. The end of section Q is easy in that it ends in Seiad Valley, right across the street from the post office. You could mail your resupply from Redding to there, or my wife or myself could send it 3 or 4 days before you're expected there - that way it'd be waiting for you. The end of R is in Ashland Oregon - a major city (relative to what one sees along the PCT - about 40k population) - so resupply is easy there.
One can extend the hike either to the north or south. P+Q+R is 350ish miles. On can start one section earlier, ie, section O, which is where I'll be starting in June. Sect O is 80+ miles. This is the one I got skunked on last summer on - I tried in August, didn't realise that the water sources were going to be further between than on halfmile's maps... and faced a 35 mile section, with only 2 liters of capacity. I gave up and headed home - ended up doing 36 miles the first 24 hrs on the trail. This year I'll start 10 weeks earlier, and carry a 4 L platy in case I have dry stretches.
To extend to the north one can continue to Crater Lake - that'll add another 150 miles beyond section R. The PQRA hike is a pretty common hike in the summer here [since the Ashland->CraterLk is in Oregon, the section names start over again with A]. Likewise OPQRA.
Challenging:
Mojave to Kennedy Meadows - because of the heat and distances between water
sources
Jaw-Dropping:
The Sierra from Cottonwood Pass to Donner Pass
Virtually all of WA state. It just keeps getting better the farther north
you go, all the way to Canada. I found it especially scenic from Snoqualmie
Pass to Canada, but you'll miss Mount Adams, the Goat Rocks Wilderness, and
my personal favorite - Hypothermia Ridge on Old Snowy, that way.
If I had only 2 or 3 months to hike, I'd start from Callahan's Lodge on I-5
south of Ashland, OR - section B - and go north to Canada. Oregon is easier
walking (relative to the rest of the PCT) so you'll be in good shape when
you cross the Columbia River and start into WA. Come back another year and
do the rest. July is mosquito season in OR, but you might not have a choice.
Alternatively, start at Campo and do as much of CA as you have time for.
Just remember, that's 1600 miles.
Wandering Bob
Portland, OR
diane@santabarbarahikes.com
I highly recommend doing the first section in Washington State, from
the Bridge of the Gods to White Pass. It has everything that is
wonderful about Washington plus what I thought was the absolute
highlight of the whole trail: the Goat Rocks. If you do it in August
you stand a chance of having great weather for your Goat Rocks
passage. The views are absolutely stunning.
My favorite part of the entire trail was California's Sections P and
Q. That's from Castle Crags to Seiad Valley. I think the guide book
says that's about 10 days worth.
Sean 'Miner' Nordeen
If you had more time, I'd recommend the 150miles from Tuolumne Meadows to Echo Summit by Lake Tahoe since you can get public transportation to Yosemite and from S. Lake Tahoe. Another idea would be from Burney Falls S.P. to Castle Crags at the I-5 (about 85miles) as you can use the Amtrak to go to Redding and take a local bus up to Burney. You can catch the Amtrack in Dunsmuir off the I-5 when you are done.
rbalcorn@gmail.com
It's a little north of your specs, but from Elk Lake Resort to Timberline
Lodge is really a wonderful section - about 140 miles. Elk Lake Resort to
Big Lake Youth Camp is about 40 miles and also nice.
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The John Muir Trail. for August