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The Pacific Crest Trail, also known as the PCT, is America's second-longest trail, stretching from Mexico to Canada through the states of California, Oregon, and Washington.

Whichever way you go, the PCT will certainly reward you — mentally, physically and spiritually. Here are the 10 best reasons to hike the Pacific Crest Trail right now.

The 55.6-miles of closed trail starts at the PCT’s mile 1601.4 at the summit, and ends at mile 1657 in the Seiad Valley, according to the Pacific Crest Trail Association, based in Sacramento.

When Cheryl Strayed released Wild, a book detailing her life-changing experience hiking the Pacific Crest Trial in 1995, she couldn't have anticipated the impact it would have. Then in 2014 when ...

Five to do an entire National Scenic Trail) to do anything major.<BR><BR>Well, that 200 miles on the CDT put a complete thru-hike (walking an entire long trail in one continuous trip in one season ...

The number of Pacific Crest Trail hikers has dramatically increased in recent years, which many attribute to the release of Cheryl Strayed's book "Wild" in 2012 and the movie with the same title ...

According to the Pacific Crest Trail Association, a total of 7,200 permits were issued in 2021 to hike the PCT, including thru-hike and section-hike permits.

The biggest reunion is in August at the free Pacific Crest Trail Days (“PCT Days”) festival held at the Port of Cascade Locks Marine Park on the Oregon border overlooking the Columbia River.

Those 2020 rescues prompted the Pacific Crest Trail Association to urge people to stay off the trail, noting "extremely dangerous conditions present a serious danger along the PCT on San Jacinto ...