Walking North

To avoid the record breaking snow in the Sierra, my sister and I flipped up to Chester in Northern California near Lassen National forest with plans to hike the rest of the trail northbound to Canada and hike the snowy section we skipped at the end of the season. The first few days out of…

This last stretch was the desert’s last hoorah and it definitely felt that way. Leaving Tehachapi, the tiny town of Kennedy Meadows was our next town stop as well as the official end of the desert section and beginning of the Sierra section. Even though this was the end of the desert, it was probably…

Writing this, we have completed 558.5 miles along the PCT and have covered 292 miles since Big Bear. While this stretch has been mostly snow free, there have been new challenges as we’ve hat become reacquainted with desert conditions. Hiking out of Big Bear, our next stop along the trail would be Wrightwood. Before getting…

A lot has happened since leaving Julian! Upon resuming on the trail, we encountered our first “trail magic.” At the road crossing we were dropped of at, at local trail angel from San Diego named “Bad Santa” pulled up with his truck drill of fruit, Gatorade, beer, and rice crispies – a perfect start to…

We started! On Monday morning 4/24 we arrived at the Mexican border at Campo and got our classic photos at the Southern Terminus of the PCT. From there we started walking North. First day went well, despite already making two wrong turns that added a half mile to our mileage. Luckily due to the uncommonly…

This year (2023) I’ve made the questionable decision to hike the Pacific Crest Trail.