Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One of the world’s most iconic long-distance hiking trails for hiking enthusiasts is the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT). It stretches 2 ...

This marks the first day of a 5 to 6 month solo thru hike on the Pacific Crest Trail heading toward the Canadian border where ...

PCT Day 3 Brings A Beautiful Morning At A Lake View Campsite After Rainy Days With Sunshine Helping Dry Clothes And Freshen ...

Each spring, the small mountain hamlet of Idyllwild in California sees an influx of Pacific Crest Trail hikers who make a stop in town, which is located near the 179th mile of the 2,650-mile trek. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This year, 764 thru-hikers completed the survey. That’s only about 9.5% of the 8,000 long-distance permits issued on average each ...

As hundreds of thru-hikers made their way through the Pacific Crest Trail’s Washington section this summer, The Daily Herald’s food reporter spoke to several about their diets — and what drove them to ...

At 2,654 miles, the Pacific Crest Trail, or PCT as it's more commonly known in the hiking community, is considered the longest designated hiking trail in the world. Stretching from Campo, CA, near the ...

An avid outdoorsman, Rees Hughes had backpacked in Australia, New Zealand and across Asia earlier in his life. Then in 1979, after moving from Kansas to Seattle, he read Eric Ryback’s memoir, “The ...

Status can be a funny thing. Of course, it is most obviously expressed through shiny hardware and easily recognizable logos, but it gets far more interesting when you start to observe the more subtle ...

Screenwriter Nonny Okwelogu struggles to find diplomatic words to describe the scent of people who have spent months backpacking the Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail. The body odor is “robust, ...

BARING — In his 28 years of life, Casey Myers had never been in trouble like this. In 2004, he was 2,464 miles into the Pacific Crest Trail. Mice had eaten most of his food. And through torrential ...