Blog Posts – Trail updates from the PCT
Here you can find our blog posts and trail updates from our journey on the Pacific Crest Trail.
Our next adventure – the Pacific Crest Trail is calling…
Day 0 – Setting off on a new adventure
Day 1 & 2 – From Trump’s wall, with love
Day 3 & 4 – Trail family and desert views
Day 5 & 6 – A super bloom and famous apple pie!
Day 7 & 8 – Cactus gardens and a community centre
Day 9 & 10 – A walk in the clouds
Day 11 & 12 – Into the mountains
Day 13 & 14 – Idyllwild, the town with a dog for their mayor
Day 15 & 16 – Snow is cold, ice is slippery, the desert is hot
Day 17 & 18 – Whitewater, an apparition
Day 19 & 20 – Town Life
Day 21 & 22 – What’s in a (trail) name and a winter wonderland
Day 23 & 24 – Hot Springs, Dams and Lakes
Day 25 & 26 – A Maccas run with epic views
Day 27 & 28 – Hold on to your toilet paper! And other top tips.
Day 29 & 30 – Snow one day, sunshine the next
Day 31 & 32 – A rattlesnake bonanza and a heaven for hikers
Day 33 & 34 – Hunger, heat and a desert in bloom
Day 35 & 36 – A hunt club, Hiker Town and California Poppies
Day 37 & 38 – Water and electricity to LA
Day 39 & 40 – A double nero in Tehachapi
Day 41 & 42 – The never ending wind farm
Day 43 & 44 – Out of the windfarm and into the sandpit
Day 45 & 46 – American hospitality and American culture
Day 47 & 48 – Farewell Ridgecrest, it’s back to the trail
Day 49 & 50 – The mountains are calling
Day 51 & 52 – Kennedy Meadows, a milestone
Day 53 & 54 – Sierras, here we come!
Day 55 & 56 – En route to Lone Pine
Day 57 & 58 – A false start to the Sierras
Day 59 & 60 – A shock to the system
Day 61 & 62 – Mission impossible
Day 63 & 64 – Getting high on the PCT
Day 65 & 66 – Mountaineers in training
Day 67 to 70 – A much needed break from the Sierras
Day 71 & 72 – Another day, another pass
Day 73 & 74 – A glimpse of what the PCT is supposed to be like… ie. trail, not snow
Day 75 to 78 – Mammoth Lakes, the land of $2 Ben and Jerry’s ice cream tubs
Day 79 & 80 – Bagels, a bear then back into the mountains
Day 81 & 82 -Yosemite, a side adventure
Day 83 & 84 – El Cap, free soloing the nose
Day 85 & 86 – Goodbye snow, hello wildflowers
Day 87 & 88 – The Sierra’s, a final hurrah