Hikers attempting to walk the entire Pacific Crest Trail face some serious mileage—whichever way they’re going. This trail sign is near Mount Hood, in Oregon. Photo courtesy of Flickr user ...

An acoustic expert has released an immersive "sound map" of the famous trail featuring sound recordings he took along his thru-hike.

Ron Hals, a 73-year-old hiker, was feeling fine when he set out on the Pacific Crest Trail near Wrightwood, California. The following morning, a helicopter had to be dispatched to lift him off the ...

Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail is a challenge, especially for adventurers making the entire run from Southern California to Canada, and Eric Kipperman’s job is to greet them at the start and lay bare ...

In two decades of mountain biking Jeff Barker has covered a lot of northern California terrain. But he's still waiting for the day when he and his cycling friends can legally ride non-wilderness ...

A volunteer rescue crew from Tacoma saved a hypothermic man Saturday night during a winter-like storm in Lewis County at about 7,000 feet in elevation.Five volu ...

Thousands of people each year set off to hike from Mexico to Canada along the Pacific Crest Trail, popularized by Cheryl Strayed's book "Wild." But most won't make it. That's because hiking more than ...

Kevin Gleason, a Santa Barbara, California-based painter and former high school art teacher, is hiking the Pacific Crest Trail this summer. Every day, Gleason, who is 50, finds a new spot along the ...

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 ...

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