PCT Class of 2026 hikers share their biggest PCT thru-hike mistakes, favorite and hardest sections, regrets, and advice for ...

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Two years after recording longform nature soundscapes on the trail, this field recordist published a sound map that anyone ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A hiker shown on the Pacific Crest Trail near Quincy (Plumas County) in 2023. A new "sound map" of audio recordings shows a new ...

I heard about the Netteburgs before I met them. Word spreads fast on the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT), and it’s hard to keep a low profile as a family of seven with matching yellow sun hoodies hiking ...

When Ian “Gremlin” Irwin and his tramily reached Pacific Crest Trail mile 2,594 on July 29, it was not the finish they’d imagined for their monthslong thru-hike. Roughly 50 miles from the Canadian ...

The night before Mike Wardian set out on the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT), the Teva athlete’s home was a “madhouse” of hiking gear. He told Backpacker he planned to embark at 6 a.m. sharp the following ...

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Donovan Rice was fascinated by all the highlights in Colorado that famous thru-hikes missed -- so he designed his own 3,000km ...