Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A trail family kicks back at PCT Days 2025; (photo/Nick Belcaster) It isn’t that hard to find them in town. Thru-hikers are ...

The allure of the Pacific Crest Trail draws in dreamers, backpackers, and others with 4 to 5 months to burn. The old rule of thumb that thru-hikes cost a dollar a mile long ago kicked rocks. For 2026, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Photo/Kevin Silvernale) After Kevin Silvernale finished thru-hiking the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) in 2016, he was hooked and ...

If you want to call it a thru-hike, you’ve got to go the whole way—start to finish—in one continuous push, which usually means a few solid months on the trail. We’re talking hundreds (sometimes ...

An Australian ultrarunner who finished hiking the Pacific Crest Trail this month is claiming a speed record for her trip, having trekked more than 2,700 miles in just under 70 days. Julie Brock, 59, ...

A nasty "stomach flu" has ripped through a stretch of the Pacific Crest Trail in California, sidelining dozens of hikers in early to mid-May and turning a dream trek into a miserable ordeal. Reports ...