All about hiking and backpacking the 2600+ mile long Pacific Crest Trail
PCT Day 127 September 4, 2021 Mile: 2240.0 to 2261.7 (21.7 miles) Start: Burnt Pond tentsite Finish: Coleman Weedpatch wooded tentsite This morning our new hiking friend Wetfoot woke up about the same time as us which is to say late in hiker lingo around 8am. She went to go pee around the corner and […]
PCT Day 127 – Grateful for this Life Read More »
PCT Day 126 September 3, 2021 Mile: 2229.9 to 2240.0 (10.1 miles) Start: Comfy hotel at Trout Lake Valley Inn Finish: Burnt Rock Pond tentsite There was no rush on our part to leave the peaceful town of Trout Lake, Washington today and our main concern this morning was food (of course) and not much
PCT Day 126 – Everything is Burnt Read More »
PCT Day 123 to 125 August 31 to September 2, 2021 Mile: 2224.9 to 2229.9 (5.0 miles) Start: Crowded campsite at Trout Lake Creek Finish: Hotel room in Trout Lake Valley Inn, Trout Lake, Washington At 4:30am several loud hikers in our crowded campsite woke up and decided to have a noisy conversation in the
PCT Day 122 August 30, 2021 Mile: 2206.3 to 2224.9 (18.6 miles) Start: Blue Lake tentsite nestled in the huckleberries Finish: Trout Lake Creek The wind was roaring out of the mountains this morning, pulling thick clouds of cold damp fog down from the peaks and dumping it right atop the surface of the pond
PCT Day 122 – An Ode to Huckleberries Read More »
PCT Day 121 August 29, 2021 Mile: 2183.2 to 2206.3 via Panther Falls alternate (17.1 miles) Start: Tropical Rainforest tentsite near Panther Creek Finish: Busy Blue Lake tentsite nestled in huckleberries Shannon and I set our alarm early to get out of the high traffic campsite area as soon as possible and onto the trail.
PCT Day 121 – Don’t Go Chasing Waterfalls Read More »
PCT Day 120 August 28, 2021 Mile: 2163.1 to 2183.2 (20.4 including .3 mi side trail) Start: Three Corner Rock epic campsite Finish: Tropical Rainforest tentsite near Panther Creek Overnight the calmness of sunset disappeared as the wind whipped up and blew clouds of fine red grit everywhere. We woke up to a thin layer
PCT Day 120 – Welcome to the Jungle, Where You Get Shot At Everyday Read More »
PCT Day 119 August 27, 2021 Mile: 2147.6 to 2163.1 (15.5 mi) Start: Cheapo motel in Cascade Locks, Oregon Finish: Epic campsite atop Three Corner Rock We woke up in the early dawn, hoping that it would be our lucky day to see a beautiful sunrise as we walked across the infamous Bridge of the
PCT Day 119 – Would You Rather Be Trampled by Elk or Runover by a Semi Truck on the PCT? Read More »
PCT Day 116 to 118 August 24 to 26, 2021 Mile: 2145.0 to 2147.6 (2.6 miles) Start: Secret deer meadow next to Columbia River highway Finish: Hotel in the tourist town of Hood River, Oregon My legs were so sore this morning from essentially doing a marathon of hiking yesterday that I had to waddle
PCT Day 116-118 – Peach butts, wild salmon and reconnecting with old friends Read More »
PCT Day 115 August 23, 2021 Mile: 2119.7 to 2145.0 (25.3 miles) Start: Salvation Springs tentsite Finish: Secret deer meadow next to Columbia River highway We woke up in the morning to find that everyone had already cleared out of the damp and somewhat miserable Salvation Springs campsite. I mean I wouldn’t want to hang
PCT Day 115 – The day we almost kicked a YouTuber off a cliff Read More »
PCT Day 114 August 22, 2021 Mile: 2103.0 to 2119.7 (16.7 miles) Start: Lost Creek campsite Finish: Salvation Springs tentsite via Ramona Falls alternate trail Today on the PCT we were pretty exhausted after having stayed up till 2 AM the night before in Portland taking care of some administrative business, all of the travel
PCT Day 114 – Huckleberry Heaven Read More »
PCT Day 113 August 21, 2021 Mile: 2097.9 to 2103.0 (5.1 miles) Start: Hotel in Portland, Oregon & Timberline Lodge, Mount Hood Finish: Campsite at Lost Creek Shannon and I woke up around 7am when our alarms went off to catch the 8:45am train out of Portlandia to connect to a couple of bus connections
PCT Day 113 – Here’s Johnny!!! Read More »
PCT Day 96 to 112 August 3 to 20, 2021 Off trail for foot injuries and wildfire smoke inhalation Start: Mammoth Lakes, CA In betweenies: South Lake Tahoe & Sacramento, CA Finish: Portland, OR Shannon and I left the town of Mammoth Lakes, California early in the morning to catch a couple of buses to
PCT Day 96-112: The time we got wildfire smoke inhalation Read More »
PCT Day 95 August 3, 2021 Mile: 915.9 to 915.0 (southbound 0.9 mile) Start: Cliffside campsite above Agnew meadows Finish: Shilo Inn at Mammoth Lakes via the bus Agnew Meadows This morning I was super excited to wake up and start hiking because today we were going to cross into the famous Yosemite National Park,
PCT Day 95 – Backcountry Self Evacuation Read More »
PCT Day 94 August 2, 2021 Mile: 906.6 to 915.9 (9.3 miles) Start: Hotel in Mammoth Lakes via Red’s Meadow Finish: Cliffside campsite above Agnew Meadows This morning Shannon’s foot felt great and the swelling had gone down significantly over the past few days so it was time to get our butts back on the
PCT Day 94 – Goin’ to see the Devil(‘s Postpile) Read More »
PCT Day 88 to 93 July 27 to August 1, 2021 Mile: 901.1 to 906.6 Start: Deer Creek campsite Finish: Hotel in the ski resort town of Mammoth Lakes via Red’s Meadow This morning we woke up super early and hiked out with granola bar breakfasts in hand, ditching the young kids who started a
PCT Day 88-93: The day Shannon’s foot fell off Read More »
PCT Day 87 July 26, 2021 Mile: 878.7 to 901.1 (22.4 miles) Start: Mono Creek campsite Finish: Deer Creek stealth campsite To our surprise, Shannon and I were one of the first hikers to leave camp in the morning. We thought that by 8:30am the whole campsite would be cleared out early as a couple
PCT Day 87 – Broken poles, fractured toes and missing shorts: Shannon’s life goes wonky Read More »
PCT Day 86 July 25, 2021 Mile: 874.5 to 878.7 (+5 miles of side trail, 4 miles road walking) Start: Mono Hot Springs campground Finish: Tentsites next to the bridge crossing over Mono Creek After a restless night of living in the warzone with the black bears, we woke up kind of late, sleeping in
PCT Day 86 – The time we ate a gallon bag of chili and 6 hot dogs Read More »
PCT Day 85 July 24, 2021 Mile: 863.7 to 874.5 (plus 5 mi side trail & 2.5 mi road walk) (18.3 total miles) Start: Sallie Keyes Lake Finish: Mono Hot Springs campground via Bear Ridge trailhead We woke up this morning excited to go resupply but also kind of bummed because we’ve been calculating how
PCT Day 85 – Magical hot springs and Bearmaggedon Read More »
PCT Day 84 July 23, 2021 Mile: 843.3 to 863.7 Start: Evolution Creek cliffside campsite Finish: Lakeside camp snuggled in the woods next to Sallie Keyes Lake Shannon and I took our time this morning waking up, enjoying the nice cool and shaded sanctuary that the tall mountains around Evolution Lake provided. We had a
PCT Day 84 – Shannon eats ants Read More »
PCT Day 83 July 22, 2021 Mile: 820.4 to 843.3 (22.9 miles) Start: Palisades Lake Island campsite Finish: Evolution Lake cliffside tentsite The sunrise this morning was absolutely gorgeous, tinting the clouds shades of pale orange, soft peaches and glowing golds over the mountain peaks. I was up early to start hiking but Shannon was
PCT Day 83 – The never ending uphill to John Muir’s Pass Read More »
